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限

限

See also: 隄

Translingual

Han character

限 (radical 170 阜+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 弓中日女 (NLAV), four-corner 77232, composition ⿰阝艮)

References

  • KangXi: page 1350, character 7
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41627
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1852, character 11
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 4128, character 6
  • Unihan data for U+9650

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 限

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (艮) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
艱 *krɯːn
齦 *kʰrɯːnʔ, *kʰɯːnʔ, *ŋɯn
眼 *ŋrɯːnʔ
蛝 *ɡrɯːn
限 *ɡrɯːnʔ
硍 *ɡrɯːnʔ
豤 *kʰɯːnʔ, *kʰɯːnʔ, *kʰuːn
詪 *ɡlɯːnʔ, *kɯːnʔ, *kɯːns
根 *kɯːn
跟 *kɯːn
珢 *kɯːn, *kɯːns, *ŋrɯn
艮 *kɯːns
茛 *kɯːns
墾 *kʰɯːnʔ
懇 *kʰɯːnʔ
垠 *ŋɯːn, *ŋrɯn, *ŋɯn
泿 *ŋɯːn, *ŋrɯn
痕 *ɡɯːn
拫 *ɡɯːn
鞎 *ɡɯːn
很 *ɡɯːnʔ
恨 *ɡɯːns
銀 *ŋrɯn
檭 *ŋrɯn

Pronunciation

  • Dialectal data▼
Variety Location 限
Mandarin Beijing /ɕian⁵¹/
Harbin /ɕian⁵³/
Tianjin /ɕian⁵³/
Jinan /ɕiã²¹/
Qingdao /ɕiã⁴²/
Zhengzhou /ɕian³¹²/
Xi'an /ɕiã⁴⁴/
Xining /ɕiã²¹³/
Yinchuan /ɕian¹³/
Lanzhou /ɕiɛ̃n¹³/
Ürümqi /ɕian²¹³/
Wuhan /ɕiɛn³⁵/
Chengdu /xan¹³/
/ɕian¹³/
Guiyang /ɕian²¹³/
Kunming /ɕiɛ̃²¹²/
Nanjing /ɕien⁴⁴/
Hefei /ɕiĩ⁵³/
Jin Taiyuan /ɕie⁴⁵/
Pingyao /ɕiɑŋ³⁵/
Hohhot /ɕie⁵⁵/
Wu Shanghai /ɦe²³/
/ɦie²³/
Suzhou /ɦiɪ³¹/
/ɦe̞³¹/
Hangzhou /ɦiẽ̞¹³/
Wenzhou /ɦa³⁵/
Hui Shexian /ɕie²²/
/xɛ²²/
Tunxi /xɔ¹¹/
/ɕiɛ¹¹/
Xiang Changsha /xan⁵⁵/
/xan¹¹/
Xiangtan /han⁵⁵/
Gan Nanchang /han²¹/
Hakka Meixian /han⁵³/
Taoyuan /hɑn⁵⁵/
Cantonese Guangzhou /han²²/
Nanning /han²²/
Hong Kong /han²²/
Min Xiamen (Min Nan) /han²²/
Fuzhou (Min Dong) /aiŋ²⁴²/
Jian'ou (Min Bei) /xaiŋ⁴⁴/
Shantou (Min Nan) /haŋ³⁵/
Haikou (Min Nan) /haŋ³³/
Rime
Character 限
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 匣 (33)
Final (韻) 山 (73)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) II
Fanqie 胡簡切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ɦˠɛnX/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ɦᵚænX/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ɣænX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ɦəɨnX/
Li
Rong		 /ɣɛnX/
Wang
Li		 /ɣænX/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ɣănX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 xiàn
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 限
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 xiàn
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ hɛnX ›
Old
Chinese		 /*[ɡ]ˤrə[n]ʔ/
English obstacle, limit

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 限
Reading # 1/1
No. 3916
Phonetic
component		 艮
Rime
group		 文
Rime
subdivision		 1
Corresponding
MC rime		 限
Old
Chinese		 /*ɡrɯːnʔ/

Noun

限

  1. boundary, limit, line

References

Japanese

Kanji

限

(grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji)

  1. limit

Readings

Compounds

Korean

Hanja

限 • ‎(han) (hangeul 한, revised han, McCune-Reischauer han, Yale han)

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Vietnamese

Han character

限 (hạn, hẹn, giận)

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