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極

Poles

WaniKani level 27JLPT N2Joyo grade 4Top 500 · #46012 strokes

Meanings

Poles, Settlement, Conclusion, End, Highest Rank, Electric Poles, Very, Extremely, Most, Highly, 10**48

On'yomi

きょく、 ごく

Chinese-derived readings, typically used in compounds.

Kun'yomi

きわ.める、 きわ.まる、 きわ.まり、 きわ.み、 き.める、 -ぎ.め、 き.まる

Native Japanese readings, typically used as standalone words.

Stroke order

Stroke order diagram for 極

極 is written in 12 strokes. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

About this kanji

極 (Poles) is taught on WaniKani at level 27 and appears in the JLPT N2 kanji set. It is taught in Japanese elementary school grade 4 as part of the official Joyo kanji list. It ranks #460 in modern newspaper-frequency lists. It is written with 12 strokes.

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Words using 極

究極きゅうきょくultimate極ごくquite極みきわみheight極めてきわめてexceedingly極右きょくうfar right (in politics)極楽ごくらくSukhavati (Amitabha's Pure Land)極寒ごっかんextreme cold極限きょくげんutmost limits極上ごくじょうfirst-rate極端きょくたんextreme極度きょくどmaximum極東きょくとうFar East極秘ごくひabsolute secrecy極力きょくりょくto the utmost見極めるみきわめるto watch to the end

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