Zi:极
极(F極) [jí] extreme; pole/ridgepole; ☯ 太极 Tàijí Supreme Ultimate (union of 阴阳 yīnyáng); (古) donkey pack-frame [jǐ] cf. 極
One monosyllabic entry in The ABC Chinese-English Comprehensive Dictionary (namespace Ci):
►¹jí 极[極] {B} adv. extremely ‖ ∼ zhòngyào ∼重要 extremely important ◆b.f. ①extremity ►²zhōngjí 终极 ②utmost point ►jíduān 极端 ③earth's pole ►Běijí 北极 ④electrical/magnetic pole ►zhèngjí 正极 ►¹fùjí 负极 ⑤throne ►dēngjí 登极 ⑥primary ►jíqiángyīn 极强音
The simple-form character 极 (7 strokes) is an old form (see below) re-used as an abbrev. of the full-form character 極 (12 strokes), replacing the full-form component 亟 (8 strokes) with its old component 及 (3 strokes); cf. 極, 亟.
The Shuōwén Seal form of 极() jí ‘donkey pack-frame’ combines 木 (mù) ‘tree/wood’, and 及() jí ‘catch’ (phonosemantic).
Compare: 極() jí ‘ridgepole’ (太极 ‘fate’ ☯); 亟(𠄹) jí ‘fast/quick/nimble’, in which 及().
Compare: 级/級() jí ‘grade/level’.
HDZ: 极 : jí : 放在驴背上用以载物的木架; (简体) 極; 极插
►references: Guǎngyùn:540.34,546.16; Karlgren:AD327; Hànyǔ Dà Zìdiǎn:2.1161.9; Kāngxī Zìdiǎn:514.17; Bǐshùn Guīfàn:045.1.02; EDOC:0
►components: 木及
►Cantonese: gihk-
Shuōwén: (极)
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<comp char='木' uni='6728' variant='1' points='0,0 50,128' />
<comp char='及' uni='53CA' points='48,12 128,128' />
</cdl>
<cdl char='木' uni='6728' variant='1' points='0,0 56,128' radical='K0'>
<comp char='十' uni='5341' variant='6' points='0,0 128,128' />
<stroke type='p' points='70,34 0,104' head='corner' tail='long' />
<stroke type='d' points='70,46 120,78' />
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</cdl>
<cdl char='十' uni='5341' variant='6' radical='K0'>
<stroke type='h' points='0,34 128,34' />
<stroke type='s' points='64,0 64,128' />
<!-- variant based on [U+ED32](V=0) -->
</cdl>
<cdl char='及' uni='53CA' points='0,4 128,128' radical='Z2 K4 D1'>
<comp char='' uni='E7ED' variant='1' points='0,0 111,128' />
<stroke type='n' points='44,16 128,122' head='cut' />
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</cdl>
<cdl char='' uni='E7ED' variant='1' points='0,4 128,128'>
<stroke type='wp' points='51,0 0,122' head='cut' tail='long' />
<stroke type='hzzp' points='17,0 111,0 95,41 128,41 28,128' />
<!-- variant based on [U+53CA](V=4) -->
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</cdl>
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Unicode: U+6781
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