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
- —究極要因ultimate cause (in contrast to a proximate cause)
- —北極気団Arctic air mass
- —北極振動Arctic oscillation
- —北極探検Arctic expedition
- —南極気団Antarctic air mass
- —南極探検Antarctic expedition
- —陽極酸化anodic oxidation
- —北極地方Arctic region; the Arctic; north polar region
- —北極野兎Arctic hare (Lepus arcticus)
- —超極低温extremely low temperature (below 0.01 K)
- —極偏東風polar easterlies; polar Hadley cells
- —極超新星hypernova
- —多極分散decentralization through multipolarization
- —北極岩魚arctic char (Salvelinus alpinus)
- —誘電分極dielectric polarization
- —磁気分極magnetic polarization
- —極限状況extreme situation; extreme circumstances; limit situation
- —極東空軍Far East Air Force
- —極東大学Far Eastern State University
- —極東貿易Kyokuto Boeki Kaisha, Limited