極
See also: 极
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Translingual
Han character
極 (radical 75, 木+8, 12 strokes, cangjie input 木一水一 (DMEM) or 木弓水一 (DNEM), four-corner 41914, composition ⿰木亟)
Derived characters
- 𤺷, 𦽯, 𨅰, 𮔼
References
- KangXi: page 542, character 2
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 15181
- Dae Jaweon: page 929, character 7
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1240, character 10
- Unihan data for U+6975
Chinese
trad. | 極 | |
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simp. | 极* |
Glyph origin
Characters in the same phonetic series (茍) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
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Old Chinese | |
亟 | *kʰɯɡs, *kɯɡ |
茍 | *kɯɡ |
殛 | *kɯɡ |
極 | *ɡɯɡ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ɡɯɡ) : semantic 木 (“tree, wood”) + phonetic 亟 (OC *kʰɯɡs, *kɯɡ) - originally meaning a crossbeam rafter.
Pronunciation
Definitions
極
- † ridgepole; ridgepiece
- † highest position; top rank
- † throne; seat of state
- † highest point; top; peak
- extremity; limit; end; utmost point
- extreme; of the highest degree; utmost; furthest; final
- extremely; exceedingly; very
- † highest norm; highest standard
- (geography, physics) pole
- (astronomy) Polaris
- quindecillion(1048)
- † to reach (the limit or standard)
- † to exhaust; to do one's utmost
- † to study deeply; to examine deeply
- † Alternative form of 殛 (jí, “to punish”).
- † Alternative form of 亟 (jí, “fast; speedy”).
- † Alternative form of 亟 (jí, “anxiously”).
- † Alternative form of 亟 (jí, “repeatedly”).
Compounds
Derived terms from 極
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Japanese
Readings
Compounds
Korean
Hanja
極 • (geuk) (hangeul 극, revised geuk, McCune–Reischauer kŭk, Yale kuk)
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Vietnamese
Han character
極 (cực)
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