Chinese symbol for “limit”
限
xiàn
to limit; to restrict; (bound form) limit; bound
The closest CC-CEDICT match for limit is 限 (xiàn), defined as: to limit; to restrict; (bound form) limit; bound.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “limit”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 极限 (極限) | jí xiàn | limit; extreme boundary |
| 限度 | xiàn dù | limit |
| 局限 | jú xiàn | to limit; to confine |
| 边际 (邊際) | biān jì | limit; bound |
| 止境 | zhǐ jìng | limit; boundary |
Related words
Other words that share a character 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 |
See also: Japanese symbol for “limit”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.