極

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Contents 1 Translingual 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Han character 1.2.1 References 2 Cantonese 2.1 Hanzi 3 Japanese 3.1 Kanji 3.1.1 Readings 3.1.2 Compounds 3.2 Number 4 Korean 4.1 Hanja 5 Mandarin 5.1 Hanzi 5.2 Adverb 6 Middle Chinese 6.1 Han character 7 Min Nan 7.1 Hanzi 8 Vietnamese 8.1 Han character

[edit] Translingual

[edit] Etymology

木 + 亟

[edit] Han character

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

1. extreme, utmost, furthest, final
2. 10^48

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

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[edit] Cantonese

[edit] Hanzi

極 (Yale gik6)

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[edit] Japanese

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極 (grade 4 kanji)

[edit] Readings

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

[edit] Compounds

• 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

[edit] Number

極 (ごく, goku)

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

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[edit] Korean

[edit] Hanja

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

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[edit] Mandarin

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

[edit] Adverb

極 (traditional, Pinyin jí, simplified 极)

1. extremely; exceedingly

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[edit] Middle Chinese

[edit] Han character

極 (*ghiək)

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[edit] Min Nan

[edit] Hanzi

極 (POJ ke̍k)

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[edit] Vietnamese

[edit] Han character

極 (cực, cọc)