HSK 3 · Adjectives

极 jí “an extreme” in Chinese

Traditional 極

What 极 means

  1. an extreme
  2. pole
  3. very
  4. extremely
  5. pole (geography, physics)
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • utmost
  • top

How to say 极

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale极jí2nd tone, rising

极 in a sentence

  1. 她的英语好极了。

    Tā de Yīngyǔ hǎo jí le.

    Her English is excellent.

    Sentence #399884 from Tatoeba

  2. 我肚子饿极了。

    Wǒ dùzi è jí le.

    I’m starving!

    Sentence #400030 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 到北极可不容易。

    Dào Běijí kě bù róngyì.

    Getting to the North Pole isn’t easy.

    Sentence #9958353 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 极 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 极 (jí) with each of its parts in a different colour
极jíextremely
  • 木tree · mùMeaning part
  • 及to extend · jíSound part

木 hints at the meaning (tree); 及 (jí) hints at the sound. Compare it with jí.

How to write 极

极 7 strokes

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极 (jí) stroke order chart: each stroke of the character in the order you write it
Stroke order chart for 极 (jí). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 极

Words with 极

积极jījí · active消极xiāojí · negative极其jíqí · extremely太极拳tàijíquán · tai chi (taijiquan)北极běijí · the North Pole极端jíduān · extreme极限jíxiàn · limit

More words: Adjectives

方便fāngbiàn · convenient干净gānjìng · clean更gèng · more坏huài · bad简单jiǎndān · simple旧jiù · old可爱kě'ài · cute蓝lán · blue

FAQs

极 (jí) means “an extreme” or “pole”. It is an HSK 3 word.
Say it jí: jí with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 极 is written 極. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type ji with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 极 from the suggestions. Typing ji into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
极 is an HSK 3 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.