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Japanese symbol for “bounds”

Romaji: kagiri
limit; limits; bounds

In Japanese, bounds is , read (kagiri).

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Meanings

  1. n limit; limits; bounds
  2. n degree; extent; scope
  3. n, n-suf the end; the last
  4. adv, n as long as ...; as far as ...; as much as ...; to the limits of ...; all of ...
  5. adv, n unless ...
  6. n (not) included in ...; (not) part of ...

Kanji and stroke order

limit, restrict, to best of ability
on: ゲン
kun: かぎ.る、かぎ.り、-かぎ.り
9 strokes · JLPT 2

Other Japanese words for “bounds”

WordReadingMeaning
きょうかい kyoukaiboundary; border; limit
げんど gendolimit; bounds
さいげん saigenlimits; end; bounds
そこ sokolimit; end; extremities
ほど hodolimit; bounds

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

WordReadingMeaning
げんてい genteilimit; restriction
せいげん seigenrestriction; restraint; limitation
げんかい genkailimit; bound
きげん kigenterm; period; time frame
けんげん kengenpower; authority; jurisdiction

See also: Chinese symbol for “bounds”.

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.