Kanji 限: "limit, restrict, to best of ability"

Stroke order

Strokes are written in the order of the numbers. The order is not decorative: it is what gives the character its balance, and it is also how handwriting search works in Japanese dictionaries.

Readings

In a kun'yomi reading, the dot separates the kanji from its okurigana: かた.る is read かたる and written 語る. A hyphen marks a bound position, like -び in 日.

At a glance

Common words with 限

The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.

• 限かぎりlimit; limits; bounds · degree; extent; scope
• 限かぎるto restrict; to limit; to confine · to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be confined to
• 限げん界かいlimit; bound
• 制せい限げんrestriction; restraint; limitation; limit
• 無む限げんinfinity; infinitude; eternity · infinite; limitless
• 限げん定ていlimit; restriction
• に限かぎってparticularly; only; in the case of
• 最さい低てい限げんminimum · at the very least
• とは限かぎらないnot necessarily so; is not always true; there is no guarantee that ...; there is no telling
• 権けん限げんpower; authority; jurisdiction
• 最さい大だい限げんmaximum · to the maximum degree; to the full; at a maximum; at the most
• 限かぎりないunlimited; endless; boundless; infinite

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