下界

lower bound (math.) / world of mortals / (of gods) to descend to the world of mortals

Characters and words in 下界

xià = xi + a4

down / downwards / below / lower / later / next (week etc) / second (of two parts) / to decline / to go down / to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc) / measure word to show the frequency of an action

下 = 一 + 卜 : Mnemonic symbol: from the up/down logic, and a little bit the shape of the character, a ladder.

Xi Shi (xi) is on a retreat in the ashram. Using a voodoo staff (卜), she divined that next (下) week she'll have to play the flute (一) sixteen hours per day. Because she hates playing the flute, she climbs over the ashram's bathroom (a4) wall using a ladder (下) to escape.

界

jiè = ji + e4

(bound form) boundary; border / (bound form) realm

界 = 介 + 田 : Joan of Arc wants to leave this world and sets up a rocket launch field in the elevator's bathroom. The field looks like a normal crop field, except that there's a rocket in the middle and that the Joan of Arc marked the boundary with white and red tape.