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U+6975

Seal script

Simplified character

Radical:+ 9 strokes = 13 strokes total.
References:Guangyun: p.526#1 Kangxi: p.542#02 Cihai: p.710r4c03 GSR: 910.e Hanyu: v2,p1240#10
Composition:Left: , right: . Component of: 𤺷 𦽯 𨅰 𮔼
Mandarin: ㄐㄧˊ
Cantonese:gik6
Tang reconstruction:*ghiək
Shuowen:木部》極:棟也。从木亟聲。
Guangyun:廣韻·入聲··》極:中也,至也,終也,窮也,髙也,逺也。《說文》棟也。渠力切,一。
Kangxi:康熙字典·木部·》極:《唐韻》渠力切《集韻》《韻會》竭憶切《正韻》竭戟切,𠀤禁入聲。《說文》棟也。《徐曰》極者屋脊之棟,今人謂高及甚爲極,義出於此。又天地未分以前曰太極。《易·繫辭》易有太極,是生兩儀。《註》無稱之稱,不可得而名也。又皇極,大中也。《·洪範》皇建其有極。《疏》人君爲民之主,大自立其有中之道。又北辰曰北極,老人星曰南極。《書·舜典·正義》引《王蕃·渾天說》曰:北極出地三十六度,南極入地三十六度,而嵩高正當天之中極。又三極,三才也。《易·繫辭》三極之道。《疏》謂天、地、人三才,至極之道也。又《爾雅·釋地》東至于泰遠,西至于邠國,南至于濮鈆,北至于祝栗,謂之四極。又五極,五常之中正也。《書·呂𠛬》屬于五極,咸中有慶。又六極,窮極惡事也。《·洪範》威用六極:一曰凶短折,二曰疾,三曰憂,四曰貧,五曰惡,六曰弱。又四方上下,亦謂之六極。《莊子·天運篇》天有六極。又八極。《韻會》四極,方隅之極也。《淮南子·本經訓》紀綱八極,經緯六合。又至也。《·周頌》立我烝民,莫非爾極。又取止也。《·大雅》匪疚匪棘,王國來極。又盡也。《易·繫辭》極其數,遂定天下之象。又放也。《儀禮·大射儀》贊設決,朱極三。《註》極,放也。以朱韋爲之,所以韜指利放弦也。又《爾雅·釋天》月在癸曰極。又國名。《春秋·隱二年》無駭帥師入極。又疲也。《世說》顧和謁王導,導小極對之疲睡。又《正韻》訖逆切,音戟。與亟同。《荀子·箴賦》反覆甚極。又《集韻》訖力切,音棘。殊也。又《唐韻》渠綺切,音技。《淮南子·精神訓》賤之而弗憎,貴之而弗喜,隨其天資,而安之不極。又《廣韻》渠記切,音曁。《楚辭·天問》厥萌在初,何所意焉。璜臺十成,何所極焉。
Fanqie:渠力 (《廣韻·入聲··》)
Unihan definition:extreme, utmost, furthest, final

Example usage

孟子·離婁下》:有故而去,則君搏執之,又之於其所往。
When for any cause he leaves the country, the prince tries to seize him and hold him a prisoner. He also pushes him to extremity in the country to which he has gone.
禮記·三年問》:創鉅者其日久,痛甚者其愈遲,三年者,稱情而立文,所以為至痛也。
The greater a wound is, the longer it remains; and the more pain it gives, the more slowly is it healed. The mourning of three years, being appointed with its various forms in harmony with the feelings (produced by the occasion of it), was intended to mark the greatest degree of grief.
揚子法言》:或問:「司馬子長有言,曰五經不如《老子》之約也,當年不能其變,終身不能究其業。」
Someone said: Sima Qian said that the Five Classics are not as concise as the Laozi. In one's whole life one could not exhaust their variations, and until one's death, one could not fully examine their content.
莊子·逍遙遊》:其遠而無所至邪?
Or is it occasioned by its distance and illimitable extent?
道德經》:致虛,守靜篤。
The (state of) vacancy should be brought to the utmost degree, and that of stillness guarded with unwearying vigour.
史記·五帝本紀》:高辛父曰蟜,蟜父曰玄囂,玄囂父曰黃帝。
His father being Jiaoji, whose father was Xuanxiao, whose father was Huangdi.
荀子·大略》:何以不雨至斯也!
說苑·辨物》:長者不過十,數之也。
春秋繁露·玉杯》:事親亦然,皆忠孝之也。
韓詩外傳·卷二》:昔者舜工於使人,造父工於使馬,舜不窮其民,造父不其馬,是以舜無佚民,造父無佚馬。
大戴禮記·禮察》:取舍之,定於內。
白虎通德論·》:故《援神契》曰:「天覆地載謂之天子,上法斗。」
新書·脩政語上》:故明君敬士察吏愛民,以參其,非此者,則四美不附矣。
新序·善謀》:王之地一兩海,要約天下,是燕、趙無齊、楚。
中論·治學》:然鄙儒之博學也,務於物名,詳於器械,矜於詁訓,摘其章句,而不能統其大義之所以獲先王之心,此無異乎女史誦《》、內豎傳令也。
孔子家語·儒行解》:過言不再,流言不
潛夫論·讚學》:箕子陳六,《國風》歌《北門》,故所謂不憂貧也
論衡·累害》:古賢美,無以衛身,故循性行以俊累害者,果賢潔之人也!
太玄經·玄測都序》:陽推五福以類升,陰幽六以類降,升降相關,大貞乃通。
風俗通義·三皇》:含弘履中,開陰陽,布剛上,含皇,其施光明,指天畫地,神化潛通,煌煌盛美,不可勝量。
孔叢子·廣言》:肆、臬,也。
申鑒·政體》: 天作道,皇作,臣作輔,民作基。
忠經·辨忠章》:施之於遠,則可以天地。
素書·原始章》:若時至而行,則能人臣之位。
新語·道基》:後世淫邪,增之以鄭、衛之音,民棄本趍末,伎巧橫出,用意各殊,則加雕文刻鏤,傳致膠漆丹青、玄黃、琦瑋之色,以窮耳目之好,工匠之巧。
蔡中郎集·筆賦》:博六經而綴百氏兮,建皇而序彝倫。
墨子·經說下》:負:衡木加1重焉而不撓,勝重也。
魯勝墨辯注敘》:同異生是非,是非生吉凶,取辯於一物,而原天下之汙隆,名之至也。
列子·天瑞》:其在死亡也,則之於息焉,反其矣。
鶡冠子·天則》:彼天地之以無者,以守度量,而不可濫,日不踰辰,月宿其列,當名服事,星守弗去,弦望晦朔,終始相巡,踰年累歲,用不縵縵,此天之所柄以臨斗者也。
文子·道原》:夫道者,高不可,深不可測,苞裹天地,稟受無形,原流泏泏,沖而不盈,濁以靜之徐清,施之無窮,無所朝夕,表之不盈一握,約而能張,幽而能明,柔而能剛,含陰吐陽,而章三光
文始真經·四符》:五行回環不已,所以我之偽心流轉造化,幾億萬歲,未有窮
列仙傳·葛由》:綏山在峨嵋山西南,高無也,隨之者不復還,皆得仙道。
老子河上公章句》:忽兮若海,我獨忽忽,如江海之流,莫知其所窮也。
韓非子·初見秦》:內者量吾謀臣,外者吾兵力。
申不害·大體》:凡因之道,身與公無事,無事而天下自也。
管子·形勢解》:故曰:「往者不至,來者不。」
孫子兵法·虛實》:故形兵之,至于無形。
六韜·文師》:言至情者,事之也。
司馬法·天子之義》:修則官給矣。
尉繚子·攻權》:有器用之蚤定也,其應敵也周,其總率也

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