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
- N3積極的Popularpositive; assertive; active; proactive; aggressive
- N2南極PopularSouth Pole; the Antarctic; Antarctica
- N2北極PopularNorth Pole; the Arctic
- N1究極Popularultimate; final; last; eventual
- N1極端Popularextreme; extremity
- N1両極both extremities; North and South Poles; positive and negative poles
- —極右Popularfar right (in politics); extreme right; ultraright
- —極限Popularutmost limits; extremity; limit
- —極度Popularmaximum; extreme; utmost
- —極東PopularFar East
- —極力Popularto the utmost; to the best of one's ability
- —消極Popularpassive; negative; conservative; depolarization; cathode
- —積極Popularactive; positive; progressive; anode
- —電極Popularelectrode
- —対極Popularantipodes; other (opposite) extreme; opposite; antithesis
- —消極的Popularnegative; passive; half-hearted; unmotivated
- —北極圏PopularArctic Circle; the Arctic
- —極pole; climax; extreme; extremity; culmination; height; zenith; nadir
- —陰極cathode; negative pole; minus terminal
- —危極crisis; grave danger; serious depression