极
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extremely; pole (geography, physics); utmost; top
- HSK 3.0
- Level 3
- Old HSK
- Level 3
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 木 +3
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 极
- Common rank
- #547
- Unicode
- U+6781
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Formation & memory
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Words with 极
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 发光二极体 | (Tw) light-emitting diode (LED) | |
| 红极一时 | tremendously popular for a while | |
| 无极县 | Wuji, a county in Shijiazhuang City 石家莊市|石家庄市[Shi2 jia1 zhuang1 Shi4], Hebei | |
| 光电二极管 | photodiode | |
| 发光二极管 | light-emitting diode (LED) | |
| 乐不可极 | (idiom) one should not overindulge in pleasure | |
| 地理极 | geographic pole; north and south poles | |
| 南极海 | Southern Ocean | |
| 多极化 | multipolar; multipolarization | |
| 阳电极 | anode; positive electrode (i.e. attracting electrons) | |
| 西方极乐世界 | Western Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss or Sukhavati (Sanskrit) | |
| 南极光 | southern lights; aurora australis | |
| 极有可能 | extremely possible; probable | |
| 极权主义 | totalitarianism | |
| 无所不用其极 | committing all manner of crimes; completely unscrupulous | |
| 三极管 | triode (vacuum tube or transistor) | |
| 两极分化 | polarization | |
| 南北极 | south and north poles | |
| 北极光 | northern lights; aurora borealis | |
| 极大 | enormous; great; (math.) maximum |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 及 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 及 sound part | to extend; to reach; and; in time | |
| 级 | level, rank; class, grade | |
| 吸 | to inhale, to suck in; to absorb; to attract | |
| 圾 | garbage, rubbish; shaking; danger | |
| 汲 | to draw water at a well; to imbibe | |
| 岌 | perilous, hazardous; steep, high | |
| 笈 | bamboo box used carry books | |
| 趿 | to tread on; slipshod | |
| 芨 | Chinese elder tree |