ゲン, かぎ.る, かぎ.り, -かぎ.り
limit, restrict, to best of ability

This kanji has 9 strokes: 8 in the "left village" radical (ぎふのふ) and a single other stroke.

Sample compounds (13) :


  1. かぎる
    (I) to restrict, to limit, to confine

  2. かげん
    lower limit

  3. ぶげん
    social standing, wealth

  4. せいげん
    (vs) restriction, restraint, limitation

  5. じょうげん
    upper limit, maximum (in math)

  6. きょくげん
    (vs) limit, localize

  7. きょくげん
    utmost limits, limit

  8. かぎりない
    eternal, unlimited, endless

  9. しるかぎり
    (id) as far as I know

  10. ゆうげん
    finite, limited
  11. らん
    あらんかぎり
    (a-no) all, as much as possible

  12. きげん
    term, period

  13. さいげん
    limits, end, bounds
Kanji Character : 限
Kuten Encoding : 2434
SJIS Encoding : 3842
Unicode Encoding : 9650
Old Nelson Index : 4987
Radical Number : 170
Frequency Ranking : 440
Gakken Index : 474
Grade Level : 5
Halpern Index : 398
Heisig Index : 1466
Henshall Index : 665
New Nelson Index : 6439
Stroke Count : 9
Spahn & Hadamitzky Kanji Dictionary Index : 2d6.1
Spahn & Hadamitzky Radical Strokes : 2
Spahn & Hadamitzky Other Strokes : 6
Spahn & Hadamitzky Character ID : d
Spahn & Hadamitzky kanji Number : 1
Spahn & Hadamitzky Kanji & Kana Index : 847
SKIP Code : 1-3-6
De Roo Code : 3665
Four Corner Code : 7723.2
Korean reading : han
Pinyin reading : xian4
Morohashi Index String : 41627
Morohashi Volume and Page String : 11.0826
Morohashi Index Number : 41627
Morohashi Page : 826
Morohashi Volume : 11
Missclassification Codes
  1. SP1-2-6
Dictionary Codes
  1. R3665
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