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
- —北極鱈Arctic cod (Boreogadus saida); polar cod
- —脱分極depolarization; depolarisation
- —異極鉱hemimorphite
- —究極的ultimate
- —極半径polar radius
- —太極旗Taegukgi; national flag of South Korea
- —極軌道polar orbit
- —積極論positivism; progressive argument
- —正電極positive electrode; anode
- —負電極negative electrode; cathode
- —太極図taijitu; cosmic dual forces symbol; yin-yang symbol
- —極地法expedition style (mountaineering); siege style
- —極振りmin-maxing; concentrating points on a specific ability
- —地理極geographical pole
- —北磁極north magnetic pole
- —極形式polar form
- —正極材positive electrode material
- —極相林climax forest
- —南磁極south magnetic pole
- —第三極third force (e.g. in politics); third pole; Third Pole (i.e. the Hindu Kush Himalayan region)