Where does “극” come from?

극 (Korean) comes from Chinese 劇.

극 (Korean): pole

Definitions

  1. pole

Ancestry of “극”, step by step

극 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Chinese 劇

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Chinese劇—

via Middle Chinese 極

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Chinese極—
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