自然界

Chinese

		nature; the natural world; natural nature; the natural world; natural; of or relating to nature	boundary; scope; extent boundary; scope; extent; circles; group; kingdom (taxonomy)
trad. (自然界)		自然	界
simp. ^#(自然界)		自然	界

Etymology

Wasei kango (和製漢語), orthographically borrowed from Japanese 自(し)然(ぜん)界(かい) (shizenkai).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zìránjiè

(Zhuyin): ㄗˋ ㄖㄢˊ ㄐㄧㄝˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zi⁶ jin⁴ gaai³
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): chū-liân-kài / chīr-liân-kài / chū-jiân-kài

(Teochew, Peng'im): ze⁶ riang⁵ gai³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zìránjiè
  - Zhuyin: ㄗˋ ㄖㄢˊ ㄐㄧㄝˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: zìhránjiè
  - Wade–Giles: tzŭ⁴-jan²-chieh⁴
  - Yale: dz̀-rán-jyè
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzyhranjieh
  - Palladius: цзыжаньцзе (czyžanʹcze)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩⁵¹ ʐän³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zi⁶ jin⁴ gaai³
  - Yale: jih yìhn gaai
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzi⁶ jin⁴ gaai³
  - Guangdong Romanization: ji⁶ yin⁴ gai³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː²² jiːn²¹ kaːi̯³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chū-liân-kài
  - Tâi-lô: tsū-liân-kài
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zuxlienkaix
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡su²²⁻²¹ liɛn²⁴⁻²² kai²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡su³³⁻¹¹ liɛn²⁴⁻¹¹ kai¹¹/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chīr-liân-kài
  - Tâi-lô: tsīr-liân-kài
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sɯ⁴¹⁻²² liɛn²⁴⁻²² kai⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chū-jiân-kài
  - Tâi-lô: tsū-jiân-kài
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zuxjienkaix
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡su³³⁻²¹ ziɛn²³⁻³³ kai²¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡su²²⁻²¹ d͡ziɛn¹³⁻²² kai²¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ze⁶ riang⁵ gai³
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsṳ̆ jiâng kài
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɯ³⁵⁻¹¹ d͡ziaŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ kai²¹³/

Noun

自然界

the natural world; nature

Synonyms

自然 (zìrán)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
自	然	界
し Grade: 2	ぜん Grade: 4	かい Grade: 3
on'yomi

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ɕizẽ̞ŋka̠i]

Noun

自(し)然(ぜん)界(かい) • (shizenkai)

nature (the natural world and its order)
- 2024 December 23, 山田勝彦 [Katsuhiko Yamada], quotee, “第216回国会　衆議院　消費者問題に関する特別委員会　第3号　令和6年12月23日 [216th Diet, House of Representatives, Special Committee on Consumer Affairs, No. 3, December 23, 2024]”, in 国会会議録検索システム [Diet Proceedings Search System]‎^[1], 国立国会図書館 [National Diet Library], retrieved 6 September 2025:
  有機ＪＡＳは、自然界の力で生産された食品という有機農業の理念を尊重した国際水準を保つべきだと考えます。
  Yūki jē ē esu wa, shizenkai no chikara de seisan sareta shokuhin to iu yūki nōgyō no rinen o sonchō shita kokusai suijun o tamotsu beki da to kangae masu.
  We believe that Organic JAS should maintain international standards that respect the ideal of organic farming, which is food produced using the power of nature.