崖限
yá​xiàn

brick wall

崖 yá cliff

A mountain 山 precipice 厓; 厓 also provides the pronunciation

Components

山
山 Meaning component
shān mountain
厓
厓 SoundMeaning component
yá, ái precipice

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartngɛŋˤrarriver bank; limit
Zhengzhangŋreː
ŋre
Unicodengɛi

說文解字

高邊也。从屵圭聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

限 xiàn boundary

Phonosemantic compound. 阝 represents the meaning and 艮 represents the sound.

Components

阝
阝 Meaning component
fù hill, place

阝 is a component form of 阜.

艮
艮 Sound component
gěn, gèn, hén blunt
Change in sound

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartheanX[g]ˤrə[n]ʔ obstacle, limit

說文解字

《說文》：“限，阻也。一曰門榍。从，艮聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)