無極

Chinese

		not have	utmost; pole; extreme utmost; pole; extreme; to reach the limit
trad. (無極)		無	極
simp. (无极)		无	极

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wújí

(Zhuyin): ㄨˊ ㄐㄧˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁴ gik⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wújí
  - Zhuyin: ㄨˊ ㄐㄧˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wújí
  - Wade–Giles: wu²-chi²
  - Yale: wú-jí
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wujyi
  - Palladius: уцзи (uczi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /u³⁵ t͡ɕi³⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    無及 / 无及
    無極 / 无极
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: mou⁴ gik⁶
  - Yale: mòuh gihk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁴ gik⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: mou⁴ gig⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯²¹ kɪk̚²/

Middle Chinese: mju gik

Rime
Character	無	極
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)	群 (30)
Final (韻)	虞 (24)	職 (134)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	武夫切	渠力切
Baxter	mju	gik
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mɨo/	/ɡɨk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/mio/	/ɡɨk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/mio/	/ɡiek̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/muə̆/	/gik̚/
Li Rong	/mio/	/ɡiək̚/
Wang Li	/mĭu/	/ɡĭək̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/mi̯u/	/gi̯ək̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wú	jí
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mou⁴	gik⁶

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*ma [ɡ](r)ək/

(Zhengzhang): /*ma ɡɯɡ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	無	極
Reading #	1/3	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	wú	jí
Middle Chinese	‹ mju ›	‹ gik ›
Old Chinese	/*ma/	/*[ɡ](r)ək/
English	not have	extreme
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	無	極
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	13117	5738
Phonetic component	無	茍
Rime group	魚	職
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	無	極
Old Chinese	/*ma/	/*ɡɯɡ/

Verb

無極

(literary) to be boundless; to be limitless

Noun

無極

(Chinese philosophy) wuji; primordial universe; ultimateless

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (無極):

→ Japanese: 無(む)極(きょく) (mukyoku)
→ Korean: 무극(無極) (mugeuk)
→ Vietnamese: vô cực (無極)

Proper noun

無極

(～縣) Wuji (a county of Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
無	極

Noun

無極

chữ Hán form of vô cực (“infinity”)