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限 means 'limit'

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Strokes : 9    Frequency: 523   JLPT: N3    Usefulness: 3    Study set: 3-13    Grade: 5   Intermediate lesson: 26    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 54 words   Used in 263 words   Used in 35 names   Not used as a component
Jōyō (常用)
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   ゲン
Kun
   かぎる to limit, restrict
Additional readings
Kun    かぎり   -かぎり
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⿰  ⻖ (阜) hill  艮 (良) good  
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郎 husband  
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In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 限 is used 13 times, read 2 ways.
Across all words in Japanese, 限 is used 254 times, read 2 ways.
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ゲン : 218 words FIND ALL
せ い げ ん 3
restriction; restraint; limitation; limit
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かぎる : 36 words FIND ALL
か ぎ る 2
'ru' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to restrict; to limit; to confine
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
2. to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be confined to
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Henshall: 691 (originally: 665)  Joy o' Kanji : 665  Key to Kanji: 291 

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限
ゲン   かぎる to limit, restrict   
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艮
ラ   リョウ   よい good   
⻖
hill   
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