Kanji1 / 12
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
- —八極拳bajiquan (Chinese martial art)
- —分極化polarization; polarisation; lining up with
- —北極海Arctic Ocean
- —北極熊polar bear (Ursus maritimus)
- —北極光northern lights; aurora borealis
- —北極星Polaris (star in the constellation Ursa Minor); Alpha Ursae Minoris; the North Star
- —北極洋Arctic Ocean
- —両極端both extremes
- —極距離polar distance
- —極大値local maximum
- —極小値local minimum
- —極限値limit; limiting value
- —極前線polar front
- —積極策positive plan; constructive policy
- —南極点(geographic) South Pole
- —陽極線anode ray; positive ray; canal ray
- —界磁極field pole
- —多極化multipolarization; multipolarisation
- —陰極管cathode(-ray) tube
- —二極化bipolarization; bipolarisation