Memory phrase for the character: 限

限

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Meaning

limit, bound, restrict

Pronunciation

GEN
kagiru

Explanation

 Left: hill 阝, right: not good 艮 ('good' would be 良, but here the accent 丶 is missing, thus 'not good')

Mnemonic
 
A hill is not good, because it is limiting.

Radicals

阝 hillThe radical kozato shows a hill. 阝 and is always on the left side of a kanji. (Please note that rather similar radical oozato ⻏ is always on the right sight of the kanji and means village.)
艮 not goodThis radical 艮 is similar to good: 良. But one stroke is missing and thus it becomes: "not good"




 Vocabulary

有限会社 ゆうげんがいしゃ  Limited company
限る かぎる  to restrict, to limit, to confine
限り かぎり  limit(s), as far as possible
無限 むげん  infinite
制限 せいげん  restriction, restraint, limitation
局限 きょくげん  limit, localize
期限 きげん  term, period
権限 けんげん  power, authority, jurisdiction
限定 げんてい  limit, restriction

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