Sunday, May 10, 2026

Amazing Chinese characters (796) Extremely - 极(極)

The big seal script of character Extremely is 

The left is character Wood (Post 10), the right is character Urgently - 亟 (Post 795). The meaning of the character is the highest house pillar, iwhich is the extreme in length. 

The small seal script of character Extremely is

Similar to big seal script.

There is another small seal script of character Extremely

The left is character Wood, the right is character Reach - 及 (Post 311). It means "extending to as much as you could", close to extreme but not exactly. The one evolved into simplified song typeface.

The clerical script of character Extremely is

Similar to the first small seal script, except the right part 亟, in which the middle is changed (see Post 795 for detail explanation).

Simplified song typeface of character Extremely is

 
evolved from the second small seal script above, but the meaning is not exactly same as to traditional one but very close.
 
The Pinyin of character Extremely is Ji2. 


 

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Amazing Chinese characters (796) Extremely - 极(極)

The big seal script of character Extremely is  The left is character Wood (Post 10), the right is character Urgently - 亟 (Post 795). The mea...