extremely; utmost; top

Character data

Radical ⽊ (75.3)
Strokes 7
TRADITIONAL ,
SIMPLIFIED

Definitions

极 jí
  1. 1. extremely
  2. 2. utmost
  3. 3. top
  4. 4. pole (geography, physics)

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Words containing 极

Word Meaning
triode (vacuum tube or transistor)
unpolarized (light)
to have reached the highest official positions
polarity; polarized (light)
polarized; polarization
polarizing filter
polarizer; polarizing lens
dipole (e.g. magnetic dipole)
light-emitting diode (LED); photodiode
photodiode
polarization
Ba Ji Quan "Eight Extremes Fist" - Martial Art
(bird species of China) glaucous gull (Larus hyperboreus)
south and north poles
Octans (constellation)
the Antarctic Peninsula (jutting out towards South America)
Southern Ocean
Antarctic realm
extreme sorrow turns to joy (idiom)
crying tears of joy (idiom)
geographic pole; north and south poles
base electrode (in transistor)
multi-polarity; multipolarization; multi-polarization
a kind of traditional Chinese sword-play
Yin-Yang symbol ☯; diagram of cosmological scheme