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极 — extremely; pole; utmost

extremely; pole; utmost; top

Pinyin
jí
Strokes
7
HSK level
HSK 3
Handwriting
recognition only

How to write 极: 7 strokes

Each cell adds one stroke to the previous ones, with the new stroke in red. Stroke order is not decoration: it sets the proportions of the character and makes handwriting legible to a reader. The syllabus asks you to recognise this character rather than write it by hand.

极 — 7 strokes, in writing order from left to right.

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Words with 极 in the HSK syllabus: 14

Every word in the official 2026 syllabus that contains this character, with the level it is introduced at. Learning a character pays off through these: each one combines with the characters you already know.

  1. 极jíextremely; pole; utmost; topHSK 3
  2. 积极jījíactive; energetic; vigorous; positive; proactiveHSK 4
  3. 极其jíqíextremelyHSK 5
  4. 消极xiāojínegative; passive; inactiveHSK 5
  5. 北极běijíthe North Pole; the north magnetic poleHSK 6
  6. 极端jíduānextremeHSK 6
  7. 极为jíwéiextremely; exceedinglyHSK 6
  8. 两极liǎngjíthe two poles; the north and south polesHSK 6
  9. 南极洲NánjízhōuAntarcticaHSK 6
  10. 极度jídùextremelyHSK 7–9
  11. 极力jílìto make a supreme effort; at all costsHSK 7–9
  12. 极限jíxiànlimit; extreme boundaryHSK 7–9
  13. 太极tàijíthe Absolute or Supreme Ultimate, the source of all things according to some interpretations of Chinese mythologyHSK 7–9
  14. 终极zhōngjíultimate; finalHSK 7–9

Glosses come from CC-CEDICT, used under CC BY-SA 4.0, and are the dictionary’s first sense rather than a translation chosen for context.