限

Information about character(s)

Radical: 阜
Radical Strokes: 8
Additional Strokes: 6
Total Strokes: 8

Pronunciation

Pinyin: xiàn, wěn
Cantonese: haan6
JapaneseKun: KAGIRU KAGIRI
JapaneseOn: GEN KAN
Korean: HAN
Vietnamese: hạn

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: boundary, limit, line

CE-Dict: limit/bound/to set a limit (on)

Soothill: Limit, boundary, to fix.

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.limit; bounds; restriction
2.to set a limit; to limit; to restrict
3.a doorsill or threshold

朗道漢英字典 - Lang Dao: bounds; limit; restrict; set a limit

懶蟲簡明漢英詞典: bounds; limit; restrict; set a limit

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《𨸏部》限阻也。一曰門榍。从𨸏艮聲。

康熙字典文字版 【戌集中】【阜字部】限
【廣韻】乎𥳑切【集韻】【韻會】【正韻】下𥳑切，𠀤音硍。【說文】阻也。【玉篇】界也，度也，齊也。【易·艮卦】九三艮其限。【註】限，身之中也。三當兩象之中，故曰艮其限。【戰國策】南有巫山黔中之限。【史記·平準書】室廬輿服，僭於上無限度。　又【說文】一曰門榍也。【玉篇】閾也。【廣韻】與䦘通，門閾也。　又【集韻】【正韻】𠀤魚懇切，音峎。【集韻】切急意也。　又【韻會小補】胡艮切，音恨。【釋名】艮，限也。時未可聽物生，限止之也。　又叶胡蹇切，音峴。【顏延之·陶潛誄】度量難鈞，進退可限。長卿棄官，稚賔自免。　又叶形甸切，音現。【蘇轍·送孫提𠛬詩】開軒揖佳客，退食事書卷。爲政曾幾何，淸風自無限。卷去聲。

Buddhism words and phrases limit, restrict, confine

CF-Dict: limite/limiter/borner

Han-De-Dict: begrenzen (u.E.)