御極

Chinese

		defend; imperial; to drive	utmost; pole; extreme utmost; pole; extreme; to reach the limit
trad. (御極)		御	極
simp. (御极)		御	极

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yùjí

  (Zhuyin): ㄩˋ ㄐㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyu⁶ gik⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yùjí
    • Zhuyin: ㄩˋ ㄐㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yùjí
    • Wade–Giles: yü⁴-chi²
    • Yale: yù-jí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuhjyi
    • Palladius: юйцзи (jujczi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /y⁵¹ t͡ɕi³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyu⁶ gik⁶
    • Yale: yuh gihk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jy⁶ gik⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yu⁶ gig⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyː²² kɪk̚²/

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• Middle Chinese: ngjoH gik

Rime
Character	御	極
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)	群 (30)
Final (韻)	魚 (22)	職 (134)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	牛倨切	渠力切
Baxter	ngjoH	gik
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋɨʌH/	/ɡɨk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋiɔH/	/ɡɨk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋiɔH/	/ɡiek̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋɨə̆H/	/gik̚/
Li Rong	/ŋiɔH/	/ɡiək̚/
Wang Li	/ŋĭoH/	/ɡĭək̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/ŋi̯woH/	/gi̯ək̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yù	jí
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jyu6	gik6

Verb

御極

1. (literary) to ascend the throne; to be enthroned