極陽

極陽

Chinese

		utmost; pole; extreme utmost; pole; extreme; to reach the limit	positive (electric.); sun; male
trad. (極陽)		極	陽
simp. (极阳)		极	阳
anagram		陽極／阳极

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jíyáng

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˊ ㄧㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gik⁶ joeng⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: jíyáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˊ ㄧㄤˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyiyang
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi³⁵ i̯ɑŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gik⁶ joeng⁴
    • Yale: gihk yèuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gik⁹ joeng⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: gig⁶ yêng⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /kɪk̚² jœ̽ːŋ²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: /ɡɨk̚  jɨɐŋ/▼

Rime
Character	極	陽
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	群 (30)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	職 (134)	陽 (105)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	渠力切	與章切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɡɨk̚/	/jɨɐŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/ɡɨk̚/	/jiɐŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/ɡiek̚/	/iɑŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/gik̚/	/jɨaŋ/
Li Rong	/ɡiək̚/	/iaŋ/
Wang Li	/ɡĭək̚/	/jĭaŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/gi̯ək̚/	/i̯aŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jí	yáng

Noun

極陽

1. the tenth of the ten heavenly stems (癸) in the tenth month of the lunar calendar
2. (literary) sun
3. (literary) monarch; emperor