懂中文 Dong Chinese

垠

yín

boundary

Phonosemantic compound. 土 represents the meaning and 艮 represents the sound.

Components
土 meaning component

土  Meaning component

tǔ

  

earth

艮 sound component

艮  Sound component

gěn, gèn

  

blunt

Evolution

垠 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
垠 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
垠 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
垠 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

垠  

yín

boundary, bank of stream or river; limit; border; river bank

Most common words with 垠
Freq.
Word
Meaning

无垠

vast

垠

limit

一望无垠

to stretch as far as the eye can see (idiom)

姚雪垠

Yao Xueyin (1910-1999), PRC novelist, author of historical novel Li Zicheng 李自成