限
Stroke order
Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).
Meaning (Japanese)
- かぎる。かぎり。
Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.
Origin of the character
形声。「阜」+音符「艮」。「かぎり」を意味する漢語｛限｝を表す字。
Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.
Meaning
limit, restrict, to best of ability
English glosses from KANJIDIC2.
Readings
- On (Sino-Japanese)
- ゲンElem.
- Kun (native)
- かぎ(る)Elem.
- かぎ(り)
- 〜かぎ(り)
- Other languages
- 拼音xian4
- 한글han
- Hán-ViệtHạn
Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.
Basics
- Strokes
- 9 strokes
- Radical
- 阜(おか)
- JIS level
- Level 1
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 2
- Unicode
U+9650
Components
Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.
Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰阝艮
Words using this kanji
- 限界げんかいそれを超すことは不可能で、及ぶことのできないぎりぎりのところ。 体力的・精神的にそこから先は耐えられないという状況。 区域を限ること。limit, bound
- 限るかぎるto restrict, to limit, to confine, to be restricted to
- 限定げんてい数量・範囲などを一定の範囲に限り定めること。 事例などの数を限ること。少なくすること。 修飾により意味を制約し、より具体的、個別的にすること。limit, restriction
- 限度げんどそれ以上は越えられない、限られた範囲。limit, bounds
- 限度額げんどがくlimit (amount, e.g. on credit card, loan, expenditure)
- 限りかぎりlimit, limits, bounds, degree
- 限りないかぎりないかぎりないの漢字表記。unlimited, endless, boundless, infinite
- 限り限りぎりぎりjust barely, only just, at the very limit, at the last moment
- 限げんcounter for (school) periods, nth period
- 限外げんがい範囲や限度の外。excess, extra
- 限月げんげつ先物取引の最終的な決済をする期限。contract month, delivery month (of a futures contract)
- 限目げんめnth period (e.g. nth class in school day)
- 限局げんきょく範囲をこと。局限。restriction, localization
- 限流げんりゅうcurrent-limiting
- 限制げんせい範囲を定めること。restriction, restraint, limitation, limit
- 限界点げんかいてんthreshold, breaking point
- 限定的げんていてきlimited, limiting, restrictive
- 限定版げんていばんlimited edition
- 限定詞げんていしdeterminer, qualifier, determinative
- 限度枠げんどわくallowable range, bound, limit
Words starting with this kanji, most common first.
Lookup codes
- SKIP
1-3-6- Four Corner
7723.2- Spahn–Hadamitzky
2d6.1- Heisig
- 1576
- Nelson
- 4987