極 — poles, settlement, conclusion

きょく極 poles

Grade 4 Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 12 strokes

U+6975 Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #460 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #2052 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

poles
settlement
conclusion
end
highest rank
electric poles
very
extremely
most
highly
10**48

word

きょく kyoku On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

極(きょく) kyoku pole 積(せっ) 極(きょく) sekkyoku positive 究(きゅう) 極(きょく) kyuukyoku ultimate 極(きょく) 力(りょく) kyokuryoku to the utmost 極(きょく) 東(とう) kyokutou Far East 消(しょう) 極(きょく) shoukyoku passive 極(きょく) 度(ど) kyokudo extreme 南(なん) 極(きょく) nankyoku South Pole

こく・ごく koku On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

極(ごく) 秘(ひ) gokuhi top secret

きわ kiwa Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

極(きわ) めて kiwamete extremely 見(み) 極(きわ) める mikiwameru to ascertain 極(きわ) める kiwameru to master

Appears in idioms

極悪非道四字熟語

poles, bad, un-, road

極楽浄土四字熟語

poles, comfort, clean, earth

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Components

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き木 tree #75

亟 urgent

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#75 木 tree

極 — poles, settlement, conclusion

Meanings

word

きょく kyoku On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

こく・ごく koku On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

きわ kiwa Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

Appears in idioms

Stroke order

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

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極 — poles, settlement, conclusion

Meanings

word

きょく kyoku On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

こく ・ごく koku On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

きわ kiwa Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

Appears in idioms

Stroke order

Components

Composed of

Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

Keyboard Shortcuts

General

こく・ごく koku On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).