Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 5

JLPT level: N3

405 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 9

Meaning: limit, restrict, to best of ability

Kunyomi: かぎ.る かぎ.り -かぎ.り

Onyomi: ゲン

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: こざとへん

Meaning: mound, dam (阝 left)

Strokes: 3

Examples

Examples with audio

度(げんど)   limit [n.]

界(げんかい)   limit [n.]

(きげん)   expiration date, due date

(むげん)   infinity

最小(さいしょうげん)   minimum

最大(さいだいげん)   maximum

する(せいげんする)   restrict, limit

定する(げんていする)   restrict, limit

る(かぎる)   restrict, limit

Onyomi Examples

ゲンテイ limit, restriction

ゲンカイ limit, bound

ジョウゲン upper limit, supremum

ユウゲン finite, limited

Kunyomi Examples

かぎる to restrict, to limit, to confine, to be restricted to, to be limited to, to be confined to, to be best (for), to be the best plan, to be the only way (to)

かぎり limit, limits, bounds, degree, extent, scope, the end, the last, as long as ..., as far as ..., as much as ..., to the limits of ..., all of ..., unless ..., (not) included in ..., (not) part of ..., ... only (e.g. "one time only", "today only"), end of one's life, final moments, death, funeral, burial

りない かぎりない eternal, unlimited, endless

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