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Chinese symbol for “exceedingly”

极为
jí wéi
Traditional: 極為
extremely; exceedingly

The closest CC-CEDICT match for exceedingly is 极为 (jí wéi), defined as: extremely; exceedingly.

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Characters and stroke order

极 jí
extreme, top; final, furthest, utmost; pole
radical 75 ⽊ · 7 strokes
为 wéi
to do, to act; to handle, to govern; to be
radical 3 ⼂ · 4 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “exceedingly”

WordPinyinMeaning
十二分shí èr fēnexceedingly; hundred percent
极了 (極了)jí leextremely; exceedingly
不得了bù dé liǎodesperately serious; disastrous
超凡chāo fánout of the ordinary; exceedingly (good)

Related words

Other words that share a character with 极为.

WordPinyinMeaning
积极 (積極)jī jíactive; energetic
极端 (極端)jí duānextreme
极大 (極大)jí dàenormous; great; (math.) maximum
极其 (極其)jí qíextremely
极度 (極度)jí dùextremely
因为 (因為)yīn wèibecause; owing to; on account of
成为 (成為)chéng wéito become; to turn into
认为 (認為)rèn wéito believe; to think; to consider; to feel

See also: Japanese symbol for “exceedingly”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.