极jí

极 (jí) in Traditional Chinese (繁體) appears as 極, a character that originally pictured a wooden pole reaching its utmost point, with the phonetic 亟 suggesting both sound and the idea of extremity. The simplified form 极 retains the meaning while dropping the wood radical, illustrating the streamlining of script. In modern usage, 極 (or 极) serves as an adjective meaning "extreme" or "utmost," as in 極端 or 极好.