限 xiàn
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 阝 — place, town, city
- Made of
- 阝 place, town, city 艮 blunt
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
限制
xiànzhì
to limit; limit
Characters in this word
制 zhì
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 刂 — knife
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 这里有限制。 Zhèlǐ yǒu xiànzhì. There is a limit here.
- 请限制时间。 Qǐng xiànzhì shíjiān. Please limit the time.
- 人数受限制。 Rénshù shòu xiànzhì. The number of people is limited.