極
See also: 极
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TranslingualEdit
Han characterEdit
極 (Kangxi 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 charactersEdit
ReferencesEdit
- KangXi: page 542, character 2
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 15181
- Dae Jaweon: page 929, character 7
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1240, character 10
- Unihan data for U+6975
ChineseEdit
trad. | 極 | |
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simp. | 极* |
Glyph originEdit
Historical forms of the character 極 |
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Spring and Autumn |
Bronze inscriptions |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ɡɯɡ): semantic 木 (“tree, wood”) + phonetic 亟 (OC *kʰɯɡs, *kɯɡ) – originally meaning a crossbeam rafter.
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *kak (“expensive; at its peak”) (STEDT). Cognate with 亟 (OC *kɯɡ, “urgent”), 殛 (OC *kɯɡ, “to kill”) (Schuessler, 2007).
Pronunciation 1Edit
DefinitionsEdit
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
- (Cantonese) at great length; exceedingly
- (Cantonese) at most
- † 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”).
CompoundsEdit
Derived terms from 極
See alsoEdit
Chinese numerals | ||||||||||||
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104 | 108 | 1012 | 1016 | 1020 | 1024 | 1028 | 1032 | 1036 | 1040 | 1044 | 1048 | |
萬/万 (wàn) | 億/亿 (yì) | 兆 (zhào) (Taiwan) | 京 (jīng) (Taiwan) | 垓 (gāi) | 秭 (zǐ) | 穰 (ráng) | 溝/沟 (gōu) | 澗/涧 (jiàn) | 正 (zhèng) | 載/载 (zài) | 極/极 (jí) | |
萬億/万亿 (wànyì) (Mainland China) |
億億/亿亿 (Mainland China) |
Pronunciation 2Edit
DefinitionsEdit
極
Pronunciation 3Edit
DefinitionsEdit
極
- † Alternative form of 亟 (jí, “repeatedly”).
ReferencesEdit
- “極”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
JapaneseEdit
KanjiEdit
極
- extreme
- pole (eg. North Pole); extremity, zenith
- quindecillion
ReadingsEdit
- Go-on: ごく (goku, Jōyō)
- Kan-on: きょく (kyoku, Jōyō)
- Kun: きわめる (kiwameru, 極める, Jōyō); きわまる (kiwamaru, 極まる, Jōyō); きわまり (kiwamari, 極まり); きわみ (kiwami, 極み, Jōyō); きめる (kimeru, 極める); きまる (kimaru, 極まる)
CompoundsEdit
Etymology 1Edit
Kanji in this term |
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極 |
ごく Grade: 4 |
goon |
PronunciationEdit
AdverbEdit
Usage notesEdit
This word is usually written in hiragana.
NumberEdit
- [from 1627] 1048, quindecillion
Etymology 2Edit
Kanji in this term |
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極 |
きょく Grade: 4 |
kan’on |
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
KoreanEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Middle Chinese 極 (MC ɡɨk̚). Recorded as Middle Korean 극 (kuk) (Yale: kuk) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.
HanjaEdit
CompoundsEdit
Compounds
- 극도 (極度, geukdo, “maximum”)
- 극동 (極東, geukdong, “the Far East”)
- 극심 (極甚, geuksim, “severity”)
- 극우 (極右, geugu, “far right, ultraright”)
- 극좌 (極左, geukjwa, “far left, ultraleft”)
- 극치 (極致, geukchi, “peak”)
- 극한 (極限, geukhan, “limit; maximum”)
- 극호 (極好, geukho, “extremely liking”)
- 남극 (南極, namgeuk, “south pole”)
- 북극 (北極, bukgeuk, “north pole”)
- 적극 (積極, jeokgeuk, “activity”)
- 지극 (至極, jigeuk, “the height of”)
- 태극 (太極, taegeuk, “tai chi”)
ReferencesEdit
- 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전/電子字典. [2]
VietnameseEdit
Han characterEdit
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