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Translingual
Han character
限 (Kangxi radical 170, 阜+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 弓中日女 (NLAV), four-corner 77232, composition ⿰阝艮)
Derived characters
Further reading
- 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
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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艱
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*krɯːn
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齦
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*kʰrɯːnʔ, *kʰɯːnʔ, *ŋɯn
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眼
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*ŋrɯːnʔ
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蛝
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*ɡrɯːn
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限
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*ɡrɯːnʔ
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硍
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*ɡrɯːnʔ
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豤
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*kʰɯːnʔ, *kʰɯːnʔ, *kʰuːn
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詪
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*ɡlɯːnʔ, *kɯːnʔ, *kɯːns
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根
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*kɯːn
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跟
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*kɯːn
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珢
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*kɯːn, *kɯːns, *ŋrɯn
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艮
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*kɯːns
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茛
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*kɯːns
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墾
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*kʰɯːnʔ
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懇
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*kʰɯːnʔ
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垠
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*ŋɯːn, *ŋrɯn, *ŋɯn
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泿
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*ŋɯːn, *ŋrɯn
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痕
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*ɡɯːn
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拫
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*ɡɯːn
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鞎
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*ɡɯːn
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很
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*ɡɯːnʔ
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恨
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*ɡɯːns
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銀
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*ŋrɯn
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檭
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*ŋrɯn
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Pronunciation
Note: hǎn/hān/ān - literary, ān - vernacular (Taiwanese, Xiamen).
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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限
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Reading #
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1/1
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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xiàn
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Middle Chinese
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‹ hɛnX ›
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Old Chinese
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/*ˁrəʔ/
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English
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obstacle, limit
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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Zhengzhang system (2003)
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Character
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限
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Reading #
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1/1
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No.
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3916
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Phonetic component
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艮
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Rime group
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文
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Rime subdivision
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1
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Corresponding MC rime
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限
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Old Chinese
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/*ɡrɯːnʔ/
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Definitions
限
- boundary; limit; line
- 上限 ― shàngxiàn ― upper limit
- 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 fu6-2 haan6 biu2 dai6 mui5 go3 sing1 kei4 daa2 gei1 zeoi3 do1 daa2 jat1 go3 zung1.
- Uncle limits my little cousin to at most one hour of video games per week.
- (literary) doorstep; sill; threshold
Synonyms
- 底線/底线 (dǐxiàn) (figurative)
- 界限 (jièxiàn) (figurative)
- 節限/节限 (jiéxiàn) (literary)
- 限制 (xiànzhì)
- 限度 (xiàndù)
- 雷池 (léichí) (figurative)
- 主宰 (zhǔzǎi)
- 主張/主张 (zhǔzhāng) (archaic)
- 克制 (kèzhì)
- 克治 (kèzhì) (literary)
- 制禦/制御 (zhìyù) (literary)
- 制約/制约 (zhìyuē)
- 君 (jūn) (literary)
- 執掌/执掌 (zhízhǎng)
- 壓制/压制 (yāzhì)
- 局 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
- 局限 (júxiàn)
- 左右 (zuǒyòu)
- 把
- 抑制 (yìzhì)
- 把持 (bǎchí)
- 把控 (bǎkòng)
- 把攬/把揽 (bǎlǎn)
- 抵制 (dǐzhì)
- 拘束 (jūshù)
- 按 (àn)
- 按捺 (ànnà) (usually in the negative)
- 控 (literary, or in compounds)
- 控制 (kòngzhì)
- 掌控 (zhǎngkòng)
- 掌握 (zhǎngwò)
- 提控 (tíkòng) (literary)
- 撥弄/拨弄 (bōnòng)
- 撙節/撙节 (zǔnjié)
- 操控 (cāokòng)
- 操縱/操纵 (cāozòng)
- 擺佈/摆布 (bǎibù)
- 擺治/摆治 (bǎizhì) (regional)
- 支配 (zhīpèi)
- 收斂/收敛 (shōuliǎn)
- 束 (literary, or in compounds)
- 束縛/束缚 (shùfù)
- 柄 (literary, or in compounds)
- 框 (kuàng)
- 禁錮/禁锢 (jìngù) (figurative)
- 積壓/积压 (jīyā) (figurative)
- 節制/节制 (jiézhì)
- 節撙/节撙 (Quanzhou Hokkien, Xiamen Hokkien)
- 管制 (guǎnzhì)
- 管束 (guǎnshù)
- 約束/约束 (yuēshù)
- 統御/统御 (tǒngyù) (literary)
- 統治/统治 (tǒngzhì)
- 羈束/羁束 (jīshù) (literary)
- 裁 (cái) (literary, or in compounds)
- 遏抑 (èyì) (literary)
- 鎮/镇 (zhèn)
- 限乏 (Xiamen Hokkien)
- 限制 (xiànzhì)
- 駕/驾 (jià)
- 駕馭/驾驭 (jiàyù) (figurative)
- 戶填/户填 (Hokkien)
- 戶限/户限 (hùxiàn) (literary)
- 戺 (shì) (Classical Chinese)
- 柣 (zhì) (Classical Chinese)
- 梱 (kǔn) (Classical Chinese)
- 榍 (xiè) (Classical Chinese)
- 檻/槛 (kǎn)
- 轔/辚 (lín) (Classical Chinese)
- 門地伏/门地伏 (mon3 i5 fuuk4) (Taishanese)
- 門墊/门垫 (muòng-dâing) (Eastern Min)
- 門岸/门岸 (mn̂g-hōaⁿ) (Xiamen Hokkien)
- 門檻/门槛 (ménkǎn)
- 門限/门限 (ménxiàn)
- 門階/门阶 (ménjiē)
- 閫/阃 (kǔn) (literary)
- 閾/阈 (yù) (literary)
- 面填 (bīn-tǔiⁿ) (Quanzhou Hokkien)
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
限
(grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji)
- limit
Readings
Compounds
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Counter
限 • (-gen)
- counter for school periods
- 一限目は数学だった。
- Ichigenme wa sūgaku datta.
- The first period was maths.
Etymology 2
For pronunciation and definitions of 限 – see the following entry: 切り
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(The following entry is uncreated: 切り.)
Korean
Hanja
限 • (han) (hangeul 한, revised han, McCune–Reischauer han, Yale han)
- Hanja form? of 한 (“limit”).
Vietnamese
Han character
限: Hán Nôm readings: hạn, hẹn, giận
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