Chinese Character 极 Meanings and components.

Form

极

Meaning

极 meaning[3] in English

Extremely.

Pole (Geography, Physics).

Utmost.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 极 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are surname Mu (木) , and and (及)

Its radical[1] is: 木 (mu4) which means: Surname Mu, .木mu4surname Mu

In cangjie it is written with DNHE

How to write 极

To write极ji2extremely you should write a combination of 木mu4surname Mu , 及ji2and arranged in a 吅 shape:

木 + 及 = 极

极 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 极 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 极, looks as follow:

极
Pinyin:ji2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Extremely . Pole (Geography, Physics) . Utmost . Top
木
Pinyin:mu4
Meaning[3]: Surname Mu
及
Pinyin:ji2 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: And . To Reach . Up To . In Time For
乃
Pinyin:nai3 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: To Be . Thus . So . Therefore . Then . Only . Thereupon
㇏
Pinyin:㇏

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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