JōyōJLPT N2Kanken 7
極

Meaning

Kanji 極

extreme

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

Stroke Order
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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
木
Components
一 • 又 • 口 • 木
Kanji Kentei
Level 7
Similar Kanji
亟 • 殛 • 㥛 • 䓧 • 䩯

Related vocabulary

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

極

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

南極はとても寒い。

The South Pole is very cold.

彼の考えは少し極端だ。

His way of thinking is a little extreme.

その問題は極めて重要だ。

That issue is extremely important.

彼は忙しさの極みにいた。

He was at the peak of his busyness.

これは極上のワインだ。

This is a top-quality wine.