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limit

HSK 7 N2
xiàn
ゲン
かぎ.る、かぎ.り、-かぎ.り
Phonosemantic compound. 阝 represents the meaning and 艮 represents the sound.
Components
Meaning component
mound
place
阝 is a component form of 阜.
Phonetic component
gěn stubborn / tough
seventh of eight diagrams
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Notes
Historical Evolution
Bronze Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
Bronze
Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Regular
Modern
Chinese
[xiàn]
limit; bound; to set a limit (on)
Japanese
切り 限り (irreg.) (irreg.) きり キリ 同音

noun

  1. usually kana end; finish; place to stop
  2. usually kana bound; limit; end
  3. finance delivery date (of a futures contract)
  4. finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki); final performance of the day (in vaudeville)
  5. trump card
  6. card games king (court card; in mekuri karuta and unsun karuta)
  7. Go usually kana cut (usu. キリ)

counter

  1. counter for slices (esp. thick slices); counter for cuts (of fish, meat, etc.)

particle

  1. usually kana only; just (sometimes pronounced ぎり)
  2. usually kana (ever) since; after (usu. in a negative sentence; sometimes pronounced ぎり)
  3. usually kana continuously; remaining (in a particular state) (sometimes pronounced ぎり)
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
さちよ
Sachiyo unclassified name