極陽

Chinese

		utmost; pole; extreme utmost; pole; extreme; to reach the limit	positive (electric.); sun; male
trad. (極陽)		極	陽
simp. (极阳)		极	阳
anagram		陽極／阳极

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jíyáng

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˊ ㄧㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gik⁶ joeng⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jíyáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˊ ㄧㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jíyáng
    • Wade–Giles: chi²-yang²
    • Yale: jí-yáng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyiyang
    • Palladius: цзиян (czijan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi³⁵ jɑŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gik⁶ joeng⁴
    • Yale: gihk yèuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gik⁹ joeng⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: gig⁶ yêng⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɪk̚² jœːŋ²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: gik yang

Rime
Character	極	陽
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	群 (30)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	職 (134)	陽 (105)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	渠力切	與章切
Baxter	gik	yang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɡɨk̚/	/jɨɐŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/ɡɨk̚/	/jiɐŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/ɡiek̚/	/iɑŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/gik̚/	/jɨaŋ/
Li Rong	/ɡiək̚/	/iaŋ/
Wang Li	/ɡĭək̚/	/jĭaŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/gi̯ək̚/	/i̯aŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jí	yáng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gik6	joeng4

Noun

極陽

1. the tenth of the ten heavenly stems (癸) in the tenth month of the lunar calendar
2. (literary) sun
3. (literary) monarch; emperor