Phonosemantic compound. 阝 represents the meaning and 艮 represents the sound.
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檃 阢 阮 ancient musical instrument:祁 numerous邨 hamlet-village郤 opening陀 steep bank陟 scale隙 rift邓 Deng (surname) (simp)邗 an ancient place邘 state in Henan province (iii)邙 henan邛 distress邝 Kuang (surname) (simp)邠 county邡 name of a (90a1)邢 Xing (surname)邬 various place names (simp)邯 city in Hebei province
Historical Evolution
限
Bronze
Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
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Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
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Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
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Regular
Modern
Chinese
限 [xiàn]
limit; bound; to set a limit (on)
Japanese
noun
- end; finish; place to stop
- bound; limit; end
- delivery date (of a futures contract)
- finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki); final performance of the day (in vaudeville)
- trump card
- king (court card; in mekuri karuta and unsun karuta)
- cut (usu. キリ)
counter
- counter for slices (esp. thick slices); counter for cuts (of fish, meat, etc.)
particle
- only; just (sometimes pronounced ぎり)
- (ever) since; after (usu. in a negative sentence; sometimes pronounced ぎり)
- continuously; remaining (in a particular state) (sometimes pronounced ぎり)
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
限 さちよ
Sachiyo unclassified name
CHINESE WORDS (125)
限制 [xiànzhì] #3,295
to restrict
有限公司 [yǒuxiàngōngsī] #16,551
limited company
有限 [yǒuxiàn] #5,941
limited
无限 [wúxiàn] #5,815
unlimited
无限 [wúxiàn] #5,815
unlimited
期限 [qīxiàn] #7,570
time limit
极限 [jíxiàn] #5,763
limit
极限 [jíxiàn] #5,763
limit
权限 [quánxiàn] #6,985
scope of authority
权限 [quánxiàn] #6,985
scope of authority
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JAPANESE WORDS (200)
⭐ 限る [かぎる] #1,275
to restrict
⭐ 限界 [げんかい] #1,495
limit
⭐ 制限 [せいげん] #2,958
restriction
⭐ 無限 [むげん] #4,149
infinity
⭐ 限定 [げんてい] #4,563
limit
⭐ に限って [にかぎって] #4,635
particularly
⭐ 最低限 [さいていげん] #4,815
minimum
⭐ とは限らない [とはかぎらない] #5,037
not necessarily so
⭐ 権限 [けんげん] #5,676
power
⭐ 最大限 [さいだいげん] #5,955
maximum
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