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jí extreme

Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 及 represents the sound. Simplified form of 極.

Components

木 Meaning component

mù tree

及 Sound component

jí extend

Character Evolution

Seal form — Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang	ɡrab
	ɡab

說文解字

《說文》：“极，驢上負也。从木，及聲。或讀若急。”

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

guī turtle or tortoise

Simplified form of 龜. Pictograph of a tortoise.

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode