太极 (太極) tàijí

1. tàijí proper noun Supreme Ultimate
   Domain: History 历史 , Subdomain: China
   Notes: The source of all things (CC-CEDICT '太極'; Guoyu '太極' 1; Mathews 1931 '太極', p. 64; Wikipedia '太極')
2. tàijí phrase too extreme
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: Quote: for example in Scroll 1, Chapter 4 of 新語 “New Discussions,” by 陸賈 Lu Jia, d. 170 BCE (tr. by Csikszentmihalyi 2006, p. 55)
3. tàijí proper noun Heaven; World of the Immortals
   Domain: History 历史 , Subdomain: China
   Notes: In the sense of 天宫 or 仙界 (Guoyu '太極' 2)
4. tàijí proper noun Taiji
   Domain: History 历史 , Subdomain: China , Concept: Reign Name 年号
   Notes: 712710; a reign name of 唐睿宗 Ruizong of Tang (Giles 1892, p. 1370; Guoyu '太極' 3; Wikipedia 'List of emperors of the Tang dynasty')

Contained in

• 太极拳(太極拳) taiji
• 太极剑(太極劍) a kind of traditional Chinese sword-play
• 太极图(太極圖) diagram of cosmological scheme; Yin-Yang symbol; ☯

Also contained in

皇太极清太宗 、 皇太极 、 太极图说

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• 卷八十　　列傳第七十 賊臣 Volume 80 Biographies 70: Treacherous Officials History of the Southern Dynasties 南史 — count: 9
• 卷九　　陳本紀上第九　武帝 文帝 廢帝 Volume 9 Chen Annals 1: Emperor Wu, Emperor Wen, Deposed Emperor History of the Southern Dynasties 南史 — count: 9
• 卷二十一 律曆志 Volume 21: Treatise on Rhythm and the Calendar Book of Han 漢書 — count: 8
• 卷四百三十 列傳第一百八十九 道學四 朱氏門人 黃榦 李燔 張洽 陳淳 李方子 黃灝 Volume 430 Biographies 189: Taoist Scholars 4 - Zhu Shimenren, Huang Gan, Li Fan, Zhang Qia, Chen Chun, Li Fangzi, Huang Hao History of Song 宋史 — count: 7
• 卷十四 志第四 禮一 Volume 14 Treatises 4: Rituals 1 Book of Song 宋書 — count: 7
• 卷二 本紀第二: 高祖下 Volume 2: Emperor Wu 2 Book of Chen 陳書 — count: 7
• 卷六十八 列傳第三十八 顧榮 紀瞻 賀循 薛兼 Volume 68 Biographies 38: Gu Rong; Ji Zhan; He Xun; Yang Fang; Xue Jian Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 6
• 卷五十六 列傳第五十 侯景 Volume 56: Hou Jing Book of Liang 梁書 — count: 5
• 卷十　　陳本紀下第十 宣帝 後主 Volume 10 Chen Annals 2: Emperor Xuan, Later Rulers History of the Southern Dynasties 南史 — count: 5
• 卷四百二十七 列傳第一百八十六 道學一 周敦頤 程顥 程頤 張載弟:戩 邵雍 Volume 427 Biographies 186: Taoist Scholars 1 - Zhou Dunyi, Cheng Hao, Cheng Yi, Zhang Zai and younger brother: Jian, Shao Yong History of Song 宋史 — count: 5

Collocations

• 太极殿 (太極殿) 太極殿西有金商門 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷五十四 楊震列傳 Volume 54: Biography of Yang Zhen — count: 189
• 太极前 (太極前) 其日即皇帝位於太極前殿 — Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志, 卷四 魏書四 三少帝紀 Volume 4: Book of Wei 4 - Annals of the three young emperors — count: 65
• 太极元年 (太極元年) 睿宗太極元年正月 — Old Book of Tang 舊唐書, 卷二十一 志第一: 禮儀一 Volume 21 Treatises 1: Rites 1 — count: 25
• 御太极 (禦太極) 帝御太極殿 — Book of Jin 晉書, 卷二十一 志第十一 禮下 Volume 21 Treatises 11: Rites Part Three — count: 19
• 太极东堂 (太極東堂) 遂步至太極東堂 — Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志, 卷四 魏書四 三少帝紀 Volume 4: Book of Wei 4 - Annals of the three young emperors — count: 19
• 位于太极 (位於太極) 其日即皇帝位於太極前殿 — Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志, 卷四 魏書四 三少帝紀 Volume 4: Book of Wei 4 - Annals of the three young emperors — count: 18
• 临太极 (臨太極) 臨太極殿 — Book of Jin 晉書, 卷五 帝紀第五 孝懷帝 孝愍帝 Volume 5 Annals 5: Emperor Huai; Emperor Min — count: 14
• 升太极 (升太極) 升太極者 — Book of Jin 晉書, 卷二十一 志第十一 禮下 Volume 21 Treatises 11: Rites Part Three — count: 11
• 太极上元 (太極上元) 而復於太極上元 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷二十一 律曆志 Volume 21: Treatise on Rhythm and the Calendar — count: 7
• 起太极 (起太極) 始於漢南宮崇德殿處起太極 — Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志, 卷二 魏書二 文帝紀 Volume 2: Book of Wei 2 - Annals of Emperor Wen — count: 7