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负极

fù jí

2-character word Traditional 負極

What 负极 means

1. negative pole
2. cathode

The characters in 负极

• 负fùto bear; to carry (on one's back); to turn one's back on
• 极jíextremely; pole (geography, physics); utmost

Sounds the same

Read fù jí, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 父级(computing) (attributive) parent (in a hierarchy)
• 负笈(literary) to leave home to pursue studies in (a distant place)

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