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限 (Kangxi radical 170,阜+6, 9 strokes,cangjie input弓中日女 (NLAV),four-corner77232,composition⿰阝艮)
| simp. andtrad. | 限 | |
|---|---|---|
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声,OC*ɡrɯːnʔ): semantic ⻖(“mound”) + phonetic 艮(OC*kɯːns). It conveys the meaning of "limit" or "boundary."[1]
| Variety | Location | 限 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | 限 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 匣 (33) |
| Final (韻) | 山 (73) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | II |
| Fanqie | 胡簡切 |
| Baxter | heanX |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ɦˠɛnX/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ɦᵚænX/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ɣænX/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ɦəɨnX/ |
| Li Rong | /ɣɛnX/ |
| Wang Li | /ɣænX/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ɣănX/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | xiàn |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | haan6 |
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 限 |
| 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; | |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 限 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 3916 |
| Phonetic component | 艮 |
| Rime group | 文 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 限 |
| Old Chinese | /*ɡrɯːnʔ/ |
限
| Kanji in this term |
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| 限 |
| げん Grade: 5 |
| goon |
FromMiddle Chinese限 (MC heanX).
| Kanji in this term |
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| 限 |
| きり Grade: 5 |
| kun'yomi |
| For pronunciation and definitions of限 – see the following entry. | ||
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| (This term,限, is an alternative spelling of the above term.) |
限:Hán Nôm readings:hạn,hẹn,giận
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