积极

Character by character

• 积jī10 strokesHSK 3 traditional 積accumulate, store up, amass
• 极jí7 strokesHSK 3 traditional 極extreme, utmost, furthest, final

Each character links to its stroke order page with a tracing and a writing exercise.

Example sentences

• 你必须积极主动。

  Nǐ bì xū jī jí zhǔ dòng

  You have to be proactive.

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• 我只想注意积极方面。

  Wǒ zhǐ xiǎng zhù yì jī jí fāng miàn

  I want to just focus on the positive.

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Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 积极. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 极了jí leHSK 3

  extremely; exceedingly

• 极jíHSK 4

  extremely; pole (geography, physics); utmost; top

• 极其jí qíHSK 4

  extremely

• 极端jí duānHSK 6

  extreme

• 极度jí dùHSK 7

  extremely

• 公积金gōng jī jīnHSK 7

  official reserves; accumulated fund

• 面积miàn jīHSK 3

  area (of a floor, piece of land etc); surface area; tract of land

• 积jīHSK 7

  to amass; to accumulate; to store; measured quantity (such as area of volume); product (the result of multiplication); to integrate (math.); to solve (or integrate) an ordinary differential equation (math.); old; long-standing

• 极限jí xiànHSK 7

  limit; extreme boundary

• 极为jí wéiHSK 7

  extremely; exceedingly

• 消极xiāo jíHSK 5

  negative; passive; inactive

• 积累jī lěiHSK 4

  to accumulate; accumulation; cumulative; cumulatively

• 积蓄jī xùHSK 7

  to save; to put aside; savings

• 体积tǐ jīHSK 5

  volume; bulk

• 极力jí lìHSK 7

  to make a supreme effort; at all costs

• 南极nán jíHSK 5

  south pole

• 北极běi jíHSK 5

  the North Pole; the Arctic Pole; the north magnetic pole

• 累积lěi jīHSK 7

  to accumulate

• 堆积duī jī

  to pile up; to heap; accumulation

• 太极tài jíHSK 7

  the Absolute or Supreme Ultimate, the source of all things according to some interpretations of Chinese mythology

• 积极性jī jí xìngHSK 3

  zeal; initiative; enthusiasm; activity

• 大面积dà miàn jīHSK 7

  large area; (fig.) (of a problem) (occurring) on a massive scale

• 太极拳tài jí quánHSK 7

  shadowboxing or Taiji, T'aichi or T'aichichuan; traditional form of physical exercise or relaxation; a martial art

• 积淀jī diànHSK 7

  deposits accumulated over long periods; fig. valuable experience, accumulated wisdom