JōyōJLPT N2Kanken 7

Meaning

Kanji 極

extreme

extreme, pole, extremely, very, highly, most, end, settlement, conclusion, highest rank

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Readings

Kunyomi 訓読み
きわ.めるきわ.まるきわ.まりきわ.みき.める-ぎ.めき.まる
Onyomi 音読み
キョクゴク
Nanori 名乗り
なかのりみち

Added to Jōyō: 1946

Jōyō
Grade 4
JLPT
JLPT N2
Frequency
#460
Strokes
12
Radical
Components
Kanji Kentei
Level 7
Similar Kanji

Related vocabulary

Showing 36 common entries

Showing 36 of 326 entries that include this kanji.

極寒

ごっかん

extreme cold

極端

きょくたん

extreme

極秘

ごくひ

absolute secrecy

ごく

10^48

決まる

きまる

to be struck and held (of a pose in kabuki)

極限

きょくげん

limit

決める

きめる

to immobilize with a double-arm lock (in sumo, judo, etc.)

極楽

ごくらく

Sukhavati (Amitabha's Pure Land)

決まり

きまり

countenance in front of another person

極める

きわめる

to exhaust completely

極まる

きわまる

extremely

極彩色

ごくさいしき

richly colored

Example sentences

5 reference sentences

はとても寒い。

The South Pole is very cold.

彼の考えは少し端だ。

His way of thinking is a little extreme.

その問題はめて重要だ。

That issue is extremely important.

彼は忙しさのみにいた。

He was at the peak of his busyness.

これは上のワインだ。

This is a top-quality wine.