限 — Chinese character
限
xiàn
boundary, limit, line
- Pinyin
- xiàn
- Radical
- 170 ⾩ (Mound)
- Strokes
- 9
- Components
- 阝 艮
- Formation
- pictophonetic — place; meaning component 阝; sound component 艮
- Japanese
- 限 as a kanji
Common words with 限
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 限制 | xiàn zhì | to restrict; to limit |
| 有限公司 | yǒu xiàn gōng sī | limited company; corporation |
| 有限 | yǒu xiàn | limited; finite |
| 无限 (無限) | wú xiàn | unlimited; unbounded; infinite |
| 期限 | qī xiàn | time limit; deadline |
| 极限 (極限) | jí xiàn | limit; extreme boundary |
| 权限 (權限) | quán xiàn | scope of authority; extent of power; (access etc) privileges |
| 限于 (限於) | xiàn yú | to be limited to; to be confined to |
| 限度 | xiàn dù | limit |
| 局限 (侷限) | jú xiàn | variant of 局限 (jú xiàn) |
| 局限 | jú xiàn | to limit; to confine |
| 限定 | xiàn dìng | to restrict to; to limit |
English words written with 限
限 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: I Ching 1
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.
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