限

Han character edit

限 (Kangxi radical 170, 阜+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 弓中日女 (NLAV), four-corner 7723₂, composition ⿰阝艮)

Derived characters edit

• 䈨, 𭉑, 𨵬(𬮵)

Further reading edit

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1350, character 7
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41627
• Dae Jaweon: page 1852, character 11
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4128, character 6
• Unihan data for U+9650

Glyph origin edit

Pronunciation edit

Definitions edit

限

1. boundary; limit; line

   上限  ―  shàngxiàn  ―  upper limit

2. to limit; to place a limit (on)

   舅父限表弟每個星期打機最多打一個鐘。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   舅父限表弟每个星期打机最多打一个钟。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   kau⁵ fu^6-2 haan⁶ biu² dai⁶ mui⁵ go³ sing¹ kei⁴ daa² gei¹ zeoi³ do¹ daa² jat¹ go³ zung¹. [Jyutping]

   Uncle limits my little cousin to at most one hour of video games per week.

3. (literary) doorstep; sill; threshold

Synonyms edit

• (boundary):

• (to limit):

• (doorstep):

Compounds edit

Kanji edit

(grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. limit

Readings edit

• Go-on: げん (gen, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: かん (kan)
• Kun: かぎる (kagiru, 限る, Jōyō); かぎり (kagiri, 限り); かぎり (kagiri, 限); きり (kiri)

Compounds edit

Etymology 1 edit

Pronunciation edit

• IPA^(key): [ɡẽ̞ɴ]

Counter edit

限(げん) • (-gen) 

1. counter for school periods

   一(いち)限(げん)目(め)は数学(すうがく)だった。

   Ichigenme wa sūgaku datta.

   The first period was maths.

Etymology 2 edit

(The following entry is uncreated: 切り.)

Hanja edit

限 • (han) (hangeul 한, revised han, McCune–Reischauer han, Yale han)

1. Hanja form^? of 한 (“limit”).

Han character edit

限: Hán Nôm readings: hạn, hẹn, giận

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