Read Edit View history Discussion 限 xiàn HSK4 boundary Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 阝 represents the meaning and 艮 represents the sound. Pinyin Separate values with commas xiàn × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint 阝 is a component form of 阜. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 限 Simp strokes 限 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 限 Simp strokes 限 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 限 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 201, 725 ], [ 216, 715 ], [ 320, 745 ], [ 331, 745 ], [ 345, 732 ], [ 337, 705 ], [ 289, 620 ], [ 284, 597 ], [ 292, 574 ], [ 320, 537 ], [ 344, 491 ], [ 352, 454 ], [ 347, 431 ], [ 344, 426 ], [ 320, 426 ], [ 243, 449 ] ], [ [ 131, 743 ], [ 167, 707 ], [ 177, 607 ], [ 180, 366 ], [ 172, 223 ], [ 154, 108 ], [ 155, 46 ] ], [ [ 508, 724 ], [ 514, 737 ], [ 535, 744 ], [ 672, 771 ], [ 705, 765 ], [ 729, 742 ], [ 701, 582 ], [ 675, 488 ], [ 679, 468 ] ], [ [ 502, 589 ], [ 514, 603 ], [ 577, 622 ], [ 632, 622 ] ], [ [ 508, 458 ], [ 526, 475 ], [ 605, 491 ], [ 623, 491 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C 462 739 479 706 507 717 Q 534 730 655 753 Q 674 757 681 751 Q 699 732 696 711 Q 671 543 658 518 Q 654 508 645 504 C 630 490 630 490 648 471 Z", "M 499 581 Q 503 585 629 611 Q 651 617 642 629 Q 630 642 604 644 Q 565 647 498 610 C 472 596 471 570 499 581 Z", "M 501 452 Q 507 452 515 453 Q 557 463 648 471 C 678 474 668 485 645 504 Q 642 507 637 510 Q 621 519 591 510 Q 540 497 501 487 C 472 480 471 451 501 452 Z", "M 500 451 L 501 452 L 501 487 Q 500 536 499 581 L 498 610 Q 497 667 506 713 Q 506 716 507 717 C 510 733 510 733 491 746 Q 470 762 452 771 Q 433 778 424 772 Q 414 765 423 749 Q 490 616 439 141 Q 430 104 403 64 Q 391 48 400 25 Q 412 -2 426 -13 Q 439 -20 451 -3 Q 464 27 598 157 Q 617 172 621 182 Q 624 192 614 192 Q 601 191 499 125 Q 492 119 490 127 Q 499 284 500 417 L 500 451 Z", "M 657 307 Q 705 329 772 365 Q 791 378 816 385 Q 838 392 830 411 Q 820 430 795 446 Q 774 462 761 461 Q 748 461 751 448 Q 751 421 642 320 C 620 300 630 294 657 307 Z", "M 642 320 Q 590 369 529 434 Q 516 450 500 451 C 472 461 477 436 500 417 Q 521 401 537 379 Q 747 114 784 103 Q 821 97 942 119 Q 960 122 965 130 Q 969 137 958 141 Q 787 199 703 267 Q 681 286 657 307 L 642 320 Z" ] } 8 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources × Quick add: 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》李学勤《字源》zi.toolsChinese Text Project許進雄《簡明中國文字學》 + Add source Verified Edit Comment (required) Submit Edit Note: The form works without JavaScript but the tag/list editors are simplified.