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极 (極) jí

jí adverb extremely; very
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: In the sense of 很 or 甚. 极 is one of the few adverbs that can act as a complement, placed after an adjective or verb, followed by the particle 了. It may be used in this sense in both modern and Literary Chinese. For exmaple, 美极了 'very beautiful' (Guoyu '極' adv 2; Mathews 1931 '極', p. 64; Norman 1988, p. 127; Unihan '極').
jí adverb utmost; furthest
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 , Subdomain: Comparison
Notes: In the sense of 最高 or 最大 (Guoyu '極' adv 1; Kroll 2015 '極' 4, p. 185; Mathews 1931 '極', p. 64; Unihan '極')
jí noun extremity
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 尽头 (Guoyu '極' n 2; Kroll 2015 '極' 3, p. 185; Mathews 1931 '極', p. 64)
jí noun ridge-beam of a roof
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: 极 is synonymous with 栋 in this sense. Etymology (Shuo Wen): 極：棟也。 (Kroll 2015 '極' 1, p. 185; Mathews 1931 '極', p. 64)
jí verb to exhaust
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: 极 is synonymous with 栋 in this sense (Guoyu '極' v; Kroll 2015 '極' 3a, p. 185)
jí noun a standard principle
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '極' 1a)
jí noun pinnacle; summit; highpoint
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '極' 2, p. 185; Mathews 1931 '極', p. 64)
jí noun pole
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: As in 南极 'south pole' and 北极 'north pole' (Guoyu '極' n 3; Mathews 1931 '極', p. 64)
jí noun throne
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 君位 (Guoyu '極' n 1)
jí adjective urgent
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: As a variant of 亟 (Kroll 2015 '極' 5, p. 185)
jí noun an electrical pole; a node
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Physics
Notes: As in the positive and negative nodes of a battery (Guoyu '極' n 4)
jí noun highest point; parama
Domain: Buddhism 佛教
Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: parama, Japanese: goku, or: kyoku, or: goki (BCSD '極', p. 661; MW 'parama'; SH '極', p. 403; Unihan '極')

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忍辱度无极(忍辱度無極) ksanti-paramita; the paramita of tolerance; the paramita of forbearance
金刚顶瑜伽降三世成就极深密门(金剛頂瑜伽降三世成就極深密門) Vajraśekhara-yoga's Very Highest and Secret Methods of Trailokyavijaya Siddhi; Jingang Ding Yujia Jiang San Shi Chengjiu Ji Shen Mi Men
度无极集(度無極集) Collection on the Unsurpassed Six Perfections
在积极上(在積極上) from a proactive perspective
西方极乐世界(西方極樂世界) Western Pure Land; Sukhavati
消极佛教(消極佛教) negative Buddhism
极乐寺(極樂寺) Jile Temple
大明度无极经(大明度無極經) Da Ming Du Wu Ji Jing
积极佛教(積極佛教) positive Buddhism
不定不极故(不定不極故) (we say) no, since (perceptible means) are not final or abiding
极乐净土(極樂淨土) Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss ; Western Pure Land; Sukhāvatī
极丑鬼(極醜鬼) kaṭapūtana
极微(極微) atom; particle; paramāṇu
极量(極量) maximum dose ; Pāramiti
能别不极成过(能別不極成過) the error of non-approval of the qualifier
极乐世界(極樂世界) Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss ; Western Pure Land; Sukhāvatī
六度无极经(六度無極經) Sutra of the Collection of the Six Perfections
四极恶法(四極惡法) four rules for expulsion from the saṃgha; four pārājikas
佛说道神足无极变化经(佛說道神足無極變化經) Fo Shuo Dao Shenzu Wu Ji Bianhua Jing
极广大佛顶(極廣大佛頂) Abhyudgatosnisa
邻极(鄰極) close to the final reward
极略色(極略色) a minute object; an atom

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Scroll 32 The Large Sūtra on Perfection of Wisdom 大般若波羅蜜多經 — count: 85 , has parallel version
Scroll 128 The Large Sūtra on Perfection of Wisdom 大般若波羅蜜多經 — count: 72 , has parallel version
Scroll 65 The Large Sūtra on Perfection of Wisdom 大般若波羅蜜多經 — count: 72 , has parallel version
Scroll 1 Fo Shuo Bao Rulai Sanmei Jing 佛說寶如來三昧經 — count: 65
Scroll 1 Si Fen Lu Xingshi Chao Zi Chi Ji 四分律行事鈔資持記 — count: 55
Scroll 8 Fo Shuo Li Shi Apitan Lun 佛說立世阿毘曇論 — count: 50
Scroll 1 Unbounded Treasure Samadi Sutra (Wu Ji Bao Sanmei Jing) 無極寶三昧經 — count: 49
Scroll 345 The Large Sūtra on Perfection of Wisdom 大般若波羅蜜多經 — count: 45 , has parallel version
Scroll 590 The Large Sūtra on Perfection of Wisdom 大般若波羅蜜多經 — count: 44 , has parallel version
Scroll 21 The Large Sūtra on Perfection of Wisdom 大般若波羅蜜多經 — count: 43 , has parallel version