極

§EtymologyEdit

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 木 (“tree, wood”) + phonetic 亟 - originally meaning a crossbeam rafter.

§Han characterEdit

極 (radical 75 木+9, 13 strokes, cangjie input 木一水一 (DMEM), 木弓水一 (DNEM), four-corner 4191₄, composition ⿰木亟)

1. extreme, utmost, furthest, final
2. The number 10 to the power of 48 (1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000).

§ReferencesEdit

• 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

§See alsoEdit

• Chinese numeral 極
  • Last: 載, 载
  • Next: 恒河沙 (next chinese number, by myriad order of magnitude)

§HanziEdit

極 (simplified 极, Jyutping gik6, Yale gik6)

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§KanjiEdit

(grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji)

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§ReadingsEdit

• Goon: ごく (goku)
• Kan’on: きょく (kyoku)
• On (unclassified): ごき (goki)
• Kun: きわめる (kiwameru), むね (mune), きわまる (kiwamaru)

§CompoundsEdit

• 極意
• 極刑
• 極光
• 極性
• 極端
• 極地
• 極東
• 極道
• 極秘
• 極楽
• 極論
• 磁極
• 電極
• 極悪

§NumberEdit

極 (ごく, goku)

1. A number of 10⁴⁸ in modern Japanese since 17th century.

§HanjaEdit

極 (geuk) (hangeul 극, revised geuk, McCune-Reischauer kŭk, Yale kuk)

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§HanziEdit

極 (simplified 极, Pinyin jí (ji2), Wade-Giles chi²)

§AdverbEdit

極 (traditional, Pinyin jí, simplified 极)

1. extremely; exceedingly

§CompoundsEdit

• 太極

§Han characterEdit

極 (*ghiək)

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§HanziEdit

極 (POJ ke̍k)

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§Han characterEdit

極 (cực, cọc)

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