极
Meaning
- extremely
- pole (geography, physics)
- utmost
Example sentence
兴奋到了极点。
The excitement reached its peak.
The character 极
极 is 木, wood, beside 及: the ridge pole, the highest timber in a roof. The extreme — 北极 the North Pole, 极其 extremely — and after an adjective, 极了 is the strongest thing you can say: 好极了.