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Kanji Information Sheet for 極 ( PDF version )
English: poles settlement conclusion end highest rank electric poles very extremely most highly 10**48 | On-Yomi: キョク ゴク | 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 |
Bushu (Radical) Info: 木 (き) – tree
Henshall Mnemonic: person pushed into opening between wooden poles
Levels: JLPT N2 | JLPT 2 (old) | Grade 4
Frequency: #460 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Frequency: #460 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Common Words and/or Phrases Using this Kanji:
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JLPT N3 Words
- 積極的 [せっきょくてき]
(adj-na) positive; active; proactive [K] [D] [Jisho] - 極 [ごく]
(adv,n) quite; very [K] [D] [Jisho]
JLPT N2 Words
- 消極的 [しょうきょくてき]
(adj-na) passive [K] [D] [Jisho] - 南極 [なんきょく]
(n) south pole; Antarctic [K] [D] [Jisho] - 北極 [ほっきょく]
(n) North Pole [K] [D] [Jisho]
JLPT N1 Words
- 究極 [きゅうきょく]
(adj-no,n) ultimate; final; eventual [K] [D] [Jisho] - 極めて [きわめて]
(adv) exceedingly; extremely [K] [D] [Jisho] - 極楽 [ごくらく]
(n) paradise [K] [D] [Jisho] - 極端 [きょくたん]
(adj-na,n) extreme; extremity [K] [D] [Jisho]
Other Popular Words Not Classified by JLPT
- 積極 [せっきょく]
(n) positive; progressive [K] [D] [Jisho] - 消極 [しょうきょく]
(n) negative; conservative [K] [D] [Jisho] - 極まる [きわまる]
(v5r) to terminate; to reach an extreme; to be in a dilemma; to be at an end [K] [D] [Jisho] - 極み [きわみ]
(n) height; acme; extremity [K] [D] [Jisho] - 極める [きわめる]
(v1) (1) to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; (2) to investigate thoroughly; to master [K] [D] [Jisho] - 極右 [きょくう]
(n) extreme right [K] [D] [Jisho] - 極寒 [ごっかん]
(n) intense cold; mid-winter [K] [D] [Jisho] - 電極 [でんきょく]
(n) electrode [K] [D] [Jisho] - 極限 [きょくげん]
(n) utmost limits; limit [K] [D] [Jisho] - 対極 [たいきょく]
(n) (1) antipodes; (2) other (opposite) extreme; opposite; antithesis [K] [D] [Jisho] - 極上 [ごくじょう]
(adj-na,n) first-rate; finest quality; the best [K] [D] [Jisho] - 北極圏 [ほっきょくけん]
Arctic Circle [K] [D] [Jisho] - 極度 [きょくど]
(adj-na,n) maximum; extreme; utmost; curvature [K] [D] [Jisho] - 極東 [きょくとう]
(n) Far East [K] [D] [Jisho] - 極秘 [ごくひ]
(adj-na,n) absolute secrecy [K] [D] [Jisho] - 極力 [きょくりょく]
(adv) to the utmost; to the best of one's ability [K] [D] [Jisho] - 見極める [みきわめる]
(v1) to see through; to probe; to make sure of [K] [D] [Jisho]
Acknowledgments
The sofware used to generate this kanji information uses the EDICT and KANJIDIC files. These files are the property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group at Monash University and are used in conformance with the Group's license.NOTE: I converted the sources just mentioned years ago and have never really updated so there may be some missing or incorrect information that has been addressed in the original sources but not here.
The first Stroke Order image used on this page is courtesy of Ulrich Apel's excellent open source KanjiVG project. The second image is from the folks at the excellent Jisho Japanese-English dictionary site and it too is based on KanjiVG.
Classifying the kanji and popular vocabulary by the new JLPT levels was done by consulting Jonathan Waller‘s JLPT Resources page, renshuu, Wictionary, and Nihongo Ichiban.
The Henshall Mnemonics are the copyright of Tuttle Publishing and are the result of the hard work by Professor Henshall. See the list I used here.
If you are curious about the lexicography shown in the word definitions, visit the WWWJDIC abbreviations and codes guide and the JMdict/Edict Lexicographical details page.