视界 (shì jiè) — range of vision, visual field; field of view (in optics or photography)

Definition

noun
range of visionvisual fieldfield of view (in optics or photography)

Examples

  • ,视界。
    Cóng shān dǐng wàng qù, zhěng gè chéng shì de shì jiè jìn shōu yǎn dǐ.
    From the mountaintop, the entire city's visual field is laid out before your eyes.
  • 视界,。
    Kāi chē shí yào zhù yì bǎo chí kuān kuò de shì jiè, bì miǎn máng qū.
    When driving, you should pay attention to maintaining a wide field of vision to avoid blind spots.
  • 视界,。
    Zhè kuǎn wàng yuǎn jìng de shì jiè fēi cháng guǎng, shì hé guān cè xīng kōng.
    This telescope has a very wide field of view, suitable for stargazing.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

视shìvision
界jièboundary

视界 pairs 视, seeing, with 界, a boundary, to name the range that can be seen.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 視; 视 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
見見jiànsee
Sound part声符shēngfú
示
示shì視shì
Same sound today

The story is about the traditional form 視: it combines 見, meaning see, with 示, which gives the sound shì.

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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
田田tiánfield
Sound part声符shēngfú
介
介jiè界jiè
Same sound today

界 is built from 田 (field) and 介. 田 carries the meaning, while 介 gives the sound.

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