Character: 限
Modern (Beijing) reading: xiàn
Preclassic Old Chinese: ghrǝ̄nʔ
Classic Old Chinese: ghrǝ̄́n
Western Han Chinese: ɣrǝ̄́n
Eastern Han Chinese: ɣrǝ̄́n
Early Postclassic Chinese: ɣǝ̣̄́n
Middle Postclassic Chinese: ɣiǝ̣̄́n
Late Postclassic Chinese: ɣiǝ̣̄́n
Middle Chinese: ɣạ̈́n
English meaning : term, limit, boundary; to compart, prevent [L.Zhou]
Russian meaning[s]: 1) граница, предел; порог; 2) срок; ограничение, лимит; 3) ограничивать(ся); останавливать; сдерживать
Comments: Viet. ngăn is colloquial (with a frequent assimilatory nasalisation); standard Sino-Viet. is hạn. For *gh cf. Xiamen an6, Fuzhou aiŋ6.
Radical: 170
Four-angle index: 5767
Karlgren code: 0416 i-j
Vietnamese reading: ngăn
