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極 kanji
extreme, pole, extremely, very, highly, most, end, settlement, conclusion, highest rank
- JLPT level
- N2 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N3 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 12
- School grade
- Grade 4 (elementary school)
On readings
キョクゴク
Kun readings
きわめるきわまるきわまりきわみきめる-ぎめきまる
Words with 極
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —極冠polar cap
- —極刑capital punishment; death penalty; maximum penalty; ultimate punishment
- —極小minimum; minuscule; local minimum
- —極性polarity
- —極線polar
- —極大maximum; local maximum
- —極地polar regions; the pole; farthest land; ends of the earth
- —極致culmination; acme; height; peak; ultimate; perfection; ideal
- —極点pole (north, south); climax; extreme (point)
- —極微microscopic; infinitesimal
- —極北extreme north; North Pole; utmost limit; breaking point
- —極論extreme logic; extreme argument; unreserved argument
- —天極celestial poles
- —分極(electric) polarization; polarisation; (magnetic) polarization; magnetization
- —陽極anode; positive pole; plus terminal
- —終極ultimate; final
- —磁極NS magnetic pole
- —登極(Imperial) accession
- —寒極a place of extreme cold
- —極左far left (in politics); extreme left; ultraleft; radical left