Chinese Character 極 Meanings and components.

Form

極

Meaning

極 meaning[3] in English

Extremely.

Pole (Geography, Physics).

Utmost.

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Main Components

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

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

In cangjie it is written with DMEM

How to write 極

To write極ji2extremely you should write a combination of 木mu4surname Mu , 亟ji2urgent arranged in a 吅 shape:

木 + 亟 = 極

極 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

極
Pinyin:ji2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Extremely . Pole (Geography, Physics) . Utmost . Top
木
Pinyin:mu4
Meaning[3]: Surname Mu
亟
Pinyin:ji2 Shape:回
Meaning[3]: Urgent
二
Pinyin:er4
Meaning[3]: Two . 2 . (Beijing Dialect) Stupid
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls
勹
Pinyin:bao1
Meaning[3]: Archaic Variant Of 包[Bao1]
RAD Pinyin:
又
Pinyin:you4
Meaning[3]: (Once) Again . Also . Both... And... . And Yet . (Used For Emphasis) Anyway
Pinyin:

Notes

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

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

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