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
- —双極症bipolar disorder
- —単極性unipolar; single-pole
- —極東会Kyokutō-kai (yakuza syndicate)
- —陰極線管cathode-ray tube; CRT
- —電極電位electrode potential
- —南極大陸Antarctica
- —両極地方polar areas
- —極限状態extreme situation
- —南極観測Antarctic exploration
- —南極条約Antarctic Treaty
- —極限環境extreme environment
- —極左団体far-left group
- —一極集中overconcentration (esp. of population, cultural and political institutions, etc. in Tokyo); heavy concentration
- —積極果敢aggressive; active and bold (daring); resolute determination
- —積極財政expansionary fiscal policy
- —極紫外線extreme ultraviolet
- —水素電極hydrogen electrode
- —南極地方Antarctic region; the Antarctic; south polar region
- —磁極間隔gap width
- —二極分化polarisation