冥界

Chinese

		dark; deep	boundary; scope; extent boundary; scope; extent; circles; group; kingdom (taxonomy)
simp. and trad. (冥界)		冥	界

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): míngjiè

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄐㄧㄝˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ming⁵ gaai³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: míngjiè
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄐㄧㄝˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: míngjiè
  - Wade–Giles: ming²-chieh⁴
  - Yale: míng-jyè
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mingjieh
  - Palladius: минцзе (mincze)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /miŋ³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ming⁵ gaai³
  - Yale: míhng gaai
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ming⁵ gaai³
  - Guangdong Romanization: ming⁵ gai³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɪŋ¹³ kaːi̯³³/

Noun

冥界

ghost world; the underworld; the netherworld

Japanese

Kanji in this term
冥	界
めい Grade: S	かい Grade: 3
kan'on

Kanji in this term
冥	界
みょう Grade: S	かい Grade: 3
goon	kan'on

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) めーかい [mèékáí] (Heiban – [0])
IPA^(key): [me̞ːka̠i]

(Tokyo) みょーかい [myòókáí] (Heiban – [0])
IPA^(key): [mʲo̞ːka̠i]

Noun

冥(めい)界(かい) or 冥(みょう)界(かい) • (meikai or myōkai) ^{←みやうかい (myaukai)^?}

the underworld; the netherworld
- 2009 February 13 [2004 February 23], Naoko Takeuchi, “Act(アクト) 32(サーティツー)　無(む)限(げん)６(シックス)　３(さん)戦(せん)士(し) [Act 32: Infinity 6: 3 Warriors]”, in 美少女戦士(Pretty Guardian)セーラームーン(SAILORMOON) [Pretty Guardian SAILOR MOON], 5th edition, volume 7 (fiction), Tokyo: Kodansha, →ISBN, page 67:
  
  ——そして　冥(めい)界(かい)の星冥(ほしめい)王(おう)星(せい)を守(しゅ)護(ご)にもつセーラープルート
  ——Soshite Meikai no Hoshi Meiōsei o shugo ni motsu Sērā Purūto
  ——And I am Sailor Pluto, keeper of Pluto the Underworld Planet

See also

あの世(よ) (ano yo)
冥(めい)王(おう) (Meiō)

References

“冥界”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025

Korean

Hanja in this term
冥	界

Noun

冥界 • (myeonggye) (hangeul 명계)

hanja form^? of 명계