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Chinese symbol for “pinnacle”

极致
jí zhì
Traditional: 極致
peak; pinnacle; ultimate

The closest CC-CEDICT match for pinnacle is 极致 (jí zhì), defined as: peak; pinnacle; ultimate.

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Characters and stroke order

极 jí
extreme, top; final, furthest, utmost; pole
radical 75 ⽊ · 7 strokes
致 zhì
to send; to present, to deliver; to cause; consequence
radical 133 ⾄ · 9 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “pinnacle”

WordPinyinMeaning
巅峰 (巔峰)diān fēngsummit; apex
尖顶 (尖頂)jiān dǐngpointed object; cusp

Related words

Other words that share a character with 极致.

WordPinyinMeaning
积极 (積極)jī jíactive; energetic
极端 (極端)jí duānextreme
极为 (極為)jí wéiextremely; exceedingly
极大 (極大)jí dàenormous; great; (math.) maximum
极其 (極其)jí qíextremely
极度 (極度)jí dùextremely
导致 (導致)dǎo zhìto lead to; to create; to cause; to bring about
一致yī zhìconsistent; unanimous; in agreement; together; in unison

See also: Japanese symbol for “pinnacle”.

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.