极限 jíxiàn▶ límite

Stroke order

极限 is written in 15 strokes across 2 characters.

• 极 — 7 strokes
• 限 — 8 strokes

Senses

1. limit
2. extreme boundary

Related words

• 北极ártico
• 局限limitar; confinar
• 期限término
• 极端extremo
• 界限límite
• 极其extremadamente

极限 is pronounced jíxiàn and means “límite”. It belongs to the HSK 6 vocabulary, one of the six bands of the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, China’s official Chinese proficiency exam. Recognising 极限 on a page and producing it in conversation are different skills, and only the second holds up when someone is waiting for an answer — so LexiTrail brings it back just as your memory of it starts to fade, not on a fixed weekly rota.