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Chinese symbol for “polarization”

极化
jí huà
Traditional: 極化
polarization

The closest CC-CEDICT match for polarization is 极化 (jí huà), defined as: polarization.

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Characters and stroke order

极 jí
extreme, top; final, furthest, utmost; pole
radical 75 ⽊ · 7 strokes
化 huà
to change, to convert, to reform; -ize
radical 21 ⼔ · 4 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “polarization”

WordPinyinMeaning
偏振piān zhènpolarization (of waves)
两极分化 (兩極分化)liǎng jí fēn huàpolarization
偏极化 (偏極化)piān jí huàpolarization; polarized
两极化 (兩極化)liǎng jí huàto polarize; polarization
偏极 (偏極)piān jí(physics) polarization

Related words

Other words that share a character with 极化.

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
文化wén huàculture; civilization
变化 (變化)biàn huà(intransitive) to change; to vary; change; variation

See also: Japanese symbol for “polarization”.

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.