极

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See also: 極
极 U+6781, 极
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6781
← 枀
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 枂 →

Translingual

Stroke order
7 strokes

Han character

极 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+3, 7 strokes, cangjie input 木弓竹水 (DNHE), four-corner 47947, composition ⿰木及)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 514, character 17
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14519
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1161, character 9
  • Unihan data for U+6781

Chinese

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (及) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
趿 *sqʰɯːb
鈒 *sqʰɯːb, *sqʰrɯb
靸 *sqʰɯːb, *sqʰaːb
馺 *sqʰɯːb
砐 *ŋɡɯːb
魥 *ŋɡɯːb, *kʰab
扱 *skʰrɯːb
笈 *skʰrɯːb, *ɡrab, *ɡab, *ɡrɯb
衱 *ɡrab, *kab
极 *ɡrab, *ɡab
昅 *ɡab
雭 *sqʰrɯb
急 *krɯb
級 *krɯb
汲 *krɯb
芨 *krɯb
伋 *krɯb
彶 *krɯb
及 *ɡrɯb
岌 *ŋɡrɯb
吸 *qʰrɯb

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɡrab, *ɡab) : semantic 木 (“tree, wood”) + phonetic 及 (OC *ɡrɯb).

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of 极 – see 極 (“ridgepole; ridgepiece; highest position; top rank; etc.”).
(This character is the simplified form of 極).
Notes:

Etymology 2

trad. 极
simp. # 极

Pronunciation 1

Rime
Character 极
Reading # 1/2
Initial (聲) 群 (30)
Final (韻) 葉 (156)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 其輒切
Baxter gjep
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ɡˠiᴇp̚/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ɡᵚiɛp̚/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ɡiæp̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/gjiap̚/
Li
Rong 		/ɡjɛp̚/
Wang
Li 		/ɡĭɛp̚/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/gi̯ɛp̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		jié
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		gip6
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 极
Reading # 1/2
No. 5649
Phonetic
component 		及
Rime
group 		盍
Rime
subdivision 		1
Corresponding
MC rime 		衱
Old
Chinese 		/*ɡrab/
Definitions

极

  1. ‡ wooden rack on donkey

Pronunciation 2

Rime
Character 极
Reading # 2/2
Initial (聲) 群 (30)
Final (韻) 業 (147)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 巨業切
Baxter gjaep
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ɡɨɐp̚/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ɡiɐp̚/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ɡiɐp̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/gɨap̚/
Li
Rong 		/ɡiap̚/
Wang
Li 		/ɡĭɐp̚/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/gi̯ɐp̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		jié
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		gip6
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 极
Reading # 2/2
No. 5654
Phonetic
component 		及
Rime
group 		盍
Rime
subdivision 		1
Corresponding
MC rime 		跲
Old
Chinese 		/*ɡab/
Definitions

极

  1. ‡ to insert

Japanese

Kanji

极

(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. extreme
  2. utmost
  3. furthest
  4. final

Readings

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  • Go-on: ごう (gō)←ごふ (gofu, historical)
  • Kan-on: きゅう (kyū)←きふ (kifu, historical)
  • Kun: にぐら (nigura, 极)

Korean

Hanja

极 • (geuk) (hangeul 극, revised geuk, McCune–Reischauer kŭk, Yale kuk)

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Vietnamese

Han character

极: Hán Nôm readings: cực

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