漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements
限: limit, restrict
Also: to best of ability
JLPT N39 strokesGrade 5Your ink: 白 Not met
⻖ carries the meaning · 艮 gives the sound
9 strokes
Two readings, and the words that use each
ゲンgen · on'yomi · in compounds
- 限度げんどlimit [n.]
- 限界げんかいlimit [n.]
- 期限きげんexpiration date, due date
- 無限むげんinfinity
- 最小限さいしょうげんminimum
- 最大限さいだいげんmaximum
- 制限するせいげんするrestrict, limit
- 限定するげんていするrestrict, limit
かぎるkagiru · kun'yomi · on its own
- 限るかぎるrestrict, limit
Also read かぎり, -かぎり, with no example words in our sources. Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Origin · sourced
Phono-semantic compound (形聲)阜 mound, as ⻖ (meaning) + 艮 (sound)
It conveys the meaning of "limit" or "boundary.".
Source: Wiktionary, 限 (rev. 92627969), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Hill (阝) + boundary (艮). To face a high "hill" or obstacle that sets a definitive "limit" on how far one can travel or see—the literal definition of a restriction.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
The 艮 family reads コン (kon); 限 is read ゲン.
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · xiàn
Same form: 限 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 限 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 限 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin xiàn most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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