限
xiàn HSK4

boundary

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

Components

阝
阝 Meaning component

阝 is a component form of 阜.

艮
艮 Sound component
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)