Japanese symbol for “bound”
限界
げんかい
Romaji: genkai
limit; bound
In Japanese, bound is 限界, read げんかい (genkai).
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Meanings
- adj-no, n limit; bound
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “bound”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 切り | きり kiri | bound; limit; end |
| 筈 | はず hazu | should (be); bound (to be); expected (to be) |
| 跳躍 | ちょうやく chouyaku | jump; leap; skip |
| 弾む | はずむ hazumu | to spring; to bound; to bounce |
| 跳ねる | はねる haneru | to jump; to leap; to prance |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 限定 | げんてい gentei | limit; restriction |
| 制限 | せいげん seigen | restriction; restraint; limitation |
| 限り | かぎり kagiri | limit; limits; bounds |
| 期限 | きげん kigen | term; period; time frame |
| 権限 | けんげん kengen | power; authority; jurisdiction |
| 世界 | せかい sekai | the world; society; the universe |
| 業界 | ぎょうかい gyoukai | business world; business circles; (the) industry |
| 境界 | きょうかい kyoukai | boundary; border; limit |
See also: Chinese symbol for “bound”.
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.