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Kanji Detail for 極 - "extreme, pole, ultimate"

極

  • Meaning

    極 means "extreme, pole, ultimate."

    1. Extreme - The utmost; the highest.

    2. Pole - An end point; a limit.

    3. Ultimate - The final; the supreme.

  • Words using 極

    • 積極的 せっきょくてき Listen positive; assertive; active
    • 積極 せっきょく Listen active; positive; progressive
    • 消極的 しょうきょくてき Listen negative; passive; half-hearted
    • 極東 きょくとう Listen Far East
    • 極端 きょくたん Listen extreme; extremity
    • 南極 なんきょく Listen South Pole; the Antarctic; Antarctica
    • 極右 きょくう Listen far right (in politics); extreme right; ultraright
    • 極秘 ごくひ Listen absolute secrecy

  • Four-character idioms with 極

    • 恐悦至極 きょうえつしごく Listen extremely delighted
    • 極悪非道 ごくあくひどう Listen inhuman; heinous; atrocious
    • 極楽往生 ごくらくおうじょう Listen rebirth in paradise; peaceful death
    • 極楽浄土 ごくらくじょうど Listen Amitabha's Pure Land; Sukhavati
    • 残念至極 ざんねんしごく Listen deep regret; bitter disappointment; chagrin
    • 迷惑至極 めいわくしごく Listen great nuisance; extremely annoying; quite embarrassing

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    • Verified meaning: extreme, pole, ultimate
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read きわみ, きわむ)

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 極

    Given names 極(きわみ)Listen 極(きわむ)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

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

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    extreme, utmost, furthest, final

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    extremely; pole (geography, physics); utmost; top

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    extreme, top; final, furthest, utmost; pole

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    The ridgepole at the roof ridge. Now the highest or most extreme of things is called 極, based on this. Also, before heaven and earth were divided, it was called 太極. The imperial throne is called 皇極. Ascending the throne is called 登極. All mean the highest and supreme. | The north and south poles. The earth rotates on a fixed axis. The two points each ninety degrees from the equator, eternally stationary, are the north and south poles. Projected onto the sky, they are the celestial north and south poles. Both abbreviated as 極. Such as the star near the pole called Polaris is called 極星. | To exhaust is called 極. Such as referring to parents as 罔極之恩 (boundless kindness). From "Book of Odes." Also words meaning completely exhausted, such as 極言其利 (fully explaining the benefits), 極言其弊 (fully explaining the harm). | Fatigued. Slight discomfort is called 小極.

  • Onyomi

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    goku(ゴク) ゴク

    kyoku(キョク) キョク

  • Kunyomi

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    gi.me(ぎ-め) ぎ-め

    ki.maru(き-まる) き-まる

    ki.meru(き-める) き-める

    kiwa.mari(きわ-まり) きわ-まり

    kiwa.maru(きわ-まる) きわ-まる

    kiwa.meru(きわ-める) きわ-める

    kiwa.mi(きわ-み) きわ-み

  • Strokes

    tip

    12 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    木 (ki・kihen)

  • Related Keywords

    extreme pole ultimate decide end peak reach utmost apex summit climax limit maximum supreme top boundary

Sentences including 極

  • It is quite natural for her to get angry.

  • Don't go to extremes.

  • You're carrying this too far.

  • She told me the story in confidence.

  • That student is very active.

  • He is passive in everything.

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