See also:
U+9650, 限
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9650

[U+964F]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+9651]

Translingual

Han character

(Kangxi radical 170, +6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 弓中日女 (NLAV), four-corner 77232, composition )

Derived characters

  • , 𭉑, 𨵬(𬮵)

Further reading

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1350, character 7
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41627
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1852, character 11
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4128, character 6
  • Unihan data for U+9650

Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

Pronunciation


Note: hǎn/hān/ān - literary, ān - vernacular (Taiwanese, Xiamen).

  • Dialectal data
Variety Location
Mandarin Beijing /ɕian⁵¹/
Harbin /ɕian⁵³/
Tianjin /ɕian⁵³/
Jinan /ɕiã²¹/
Qingdao /ɕiã⁴²/
Zhengzhou /ɕian³¹²/
Xi'an /ɕiã⁴⁴/
Xining /ɕiã²¹³/
Yinchuan /ɕian¹³/
Lanzhou /ɕiɛ̃n¹³/
Ürümqi /ɕian²¹³/
Wuhan /ɕiɛn³⁵/
Chengdu /xan¹³/
/ɕian¹³/
Guiyang /ɕian²¹³/
Kunming /ɕiɛ̃²¹²/
Nanjing /ɕien⁴⁴/
Hefei /ɕiĩ⁵³/
Jin Taiyuan /ɕie⁴⁵/
Pingyao /ɕiɑŋ³⁵/
Hohhot /ɕie⁵⁵/
Wu Shanghai /ɦe²³/
/ɦie²³/
Suzhou /ɦiɪ³¹/
/ɦe̞³¹/
Hangzhou /ɦiẽ̞¹³/
Wenzhou /ɦa³⁵/
Hui Shexian /ɕie²²/
/xɛ²²/
Tunxi /xɔ¹¹/
/ɕiɛ¹¹/
Xiang Changsha /xan⁵⁵/
/xan¹¹/
Xiangtan /han⁵⁵/
Gan Nanchang /han²¹/
Hakka Meixian /han⁵³/
Taoyuan /hɑn⁵⁵/
Cantonese Guangzhou /han²²/
Nanning /han²²/
Hong Kong /han²²/
Min Xiamen (Hokkien) /han²²/
Fuzhou (Eastern Min) /aiŋ²⁴²/
Jian'ou (Northern Min) /xaiŋ⁴⁴/
Shantou (Teochew) /haŋ³⁵/
Haikou (Hainanese) /haŋ³³/

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (33)
Final () (73)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () II
Fanqie
Baxter heanX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɦˠɛnX/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɦᵚænX/
Shao
Rongfen
/ɣænX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ɦəɨnX/
Li
Rong
/ɣɛnX/
Wang
Li
/ɣænX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ɣănX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
xiàn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
haan6
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
xiàn
Middle
Chinese
‹ hɛnX ›
Old
Chinese
/*[ɡ]ˁrə[n]ʔ/
English obstacle, limit

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 3916
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ɡrɯːnʔ/

Definitions

  1. boundary; limit; line
       shàngxiàn   upper limit
  2. to limit; to place a limit (on)
    舅父表弟星期打機最多 [Cantonese, trad.]
    舅父表弟星期打机最多 [Cantonese, simp.]
    kau5 fu6-2 haan6 biu2 dai6 mui5 go3 sing1 kei4 daa2 gei1 zeoi3 do1 daa2 jat1 go3 zung1. [Jyutping]
    Uncle limits my little cousin to at most one hour of video games per week.
  3. (literary) doorstep; sill; threshold

Synonyms

  • (boundary):
  • (to limit):
  • (doorstep):

Compounds

  • 上限 (shàngxiàn)
  • 下限 (xiàxiàn)
  • 不可限量 (bùkě xiànliàng)
  • 不知分限
  • 不限
  • 九七大限
  • 九七期限
  • 保辜限
  • 侷限 (júxiàn)
  • 公用限制
  • 分限
  • 制限 (zhìxiàn)
  • 制限選舉制限选举
  • 勒限
  • 受限 (shòuxiàn)
  • 命限
  • 填限
  • 大限 (dàxiàn)
  • 定限
  • 寬限宽限 (kuānxiàn)
  • 寬限日宽限日
  • 局限 (júxiàn)
  • 展限
  • 年限 (niánxiàn)
  • 底限 (dǐxiàn)
  • 彈性限度弹性限度
  • 恰限
  • 惡限恶限
  • 戶限户限 (hùxiàn)
  • 戶限為穿户限为穿
  • 拘限 (jūxiàn)
  • 時限时限 (shíxiàn)
  • 有限 (yǒuxiàn)
  • 有限公司 (yǒuxiàn gōngsī)
  • 有限小數有限小数
  • 有限戰爭有限战争
  • 有限政府
  • 有限花序
  • 期限 (qīxiàn)
  • 未可限量
  • 杖限
  • 極限极限 (jíxiàn)
  • 極限強度极限强度
  • 極限體育极限体育
  • 權限权限 (quánxiàn)
  • 死限
  • 無限无限 (wúxiàn)
  • 無限公司无限公司 (wúxiàn gōngsī)
  • 無限小數无限小数
  • 無限戰爭无限战争
  • 無限花序无限花序
  • 爆炸下限
  • 爆炸上限
  • 甘限
  • 界限 (jièxiàn)
  • 畫地自限画地自限
  • 疲勞限疲劳限
  • 程限
  • 組限组限
  • 緩限缓限
  • 設限设限 (shèxiàn)
  • 象限 (xiàngxiàn)
  • 象限儀象限仪
  • 運限运限
  • 過限过限
  • 鐵門限铁门限
  • 門限门限 (ménxiàn)
  • 限令 (xiànlìng)
  • 限價限价
  • 限制 (xiànzhì)
  • 限制住居
  • 限制級限制级
  • 限制詞限制词
  • 限制選舉限制选举
  • 限定 (xiàndìng)
  • 限定語限定语
  • 限度 (xiàndù)
  • 限日 (xiànrì)
  • 限時限时 (xiànshí)
  • 限時信限时信 (xiànshíxìn)
  • 限時專送限时专送
  • 限期 (xiànqī)
  • 限棒
  • 限次
  • 限武協定限武协定
  • 限武談判限武谈判
  • 限產限产
  • 限界 (xiànjiè)
  • 限盡限尽
  • 限量 (xiànliàng)
  • 限阻
  • 限電限电 (xiàndiàn)
  • 限韻限韵
  • 限額限额 (xiàn'é)
  • 限齡限龄
  • 飛觥限斝飞觥限斝

Japanese

Kanji

(grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji)

  1. limit

Readings

Compounds

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
げん
Grade: 5
goon

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɡẽ̞ɴ]

Counter

(げん) • (-gen) 

  1. counter for school periods
    (いち)(げん)()数学(すうがく)だった。
    Ichigenme wa sūgaku datta.
    The first period was maths.

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
きり
Grade: 5
kun’yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of – see the following entry: 切り

(The following entry is uncreated: 切り.)

Korean

Hanja

• (han) (hangeul , revised han, McCuneReischauer han, Yale han)

  1. Hanja form? of (limit).

Vietnamese

Han character

: Hán Nôm readings: hạn, hẹn, giận

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