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限 — 9 strokes ／ Radical「⻖」

道
6Elementary year 5 ／ 9 strokes ／ Radical「⻖」
On
ゲンげん · gen
Kun
かぎ(る)kagi(ru)
Meaning
limit; to restrict

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

⻖ "hill" plus 艮 "to halt"; blocked by a hill and able to go no further — hence "limit."

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onゲンげんgen限度げんど制限せいげん期限きげん
Kunかぎるkagiru限るかぎる限りかぎり

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 制限せいげん

    restriction; limit

  • 期限きげん

    deadline; time limit

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

申(もう)しこみの期限(きげん)は明日(あす)までだ。

The application deadline is tomorrow.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

制限期限限制system期period防to pre…険steep際occasi…阡a thou…阯the si…現presen…減to dec…幻phanto…元origin玄deep
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical ⻖Map of reading ゲンAll maps

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