極 — Japanese kanji
12 strokes · N2
Meanings: Poles, Settlement, Conclusion, End, Highest Rank, Electric Poles, Very, Extremely, Most, Highly, 10**48
On’yomi: きょく、ごく · Kun’yomi: きわ.める、きわ.まる、きわ.まり
Radicals in 極
- 一 — one (1 strokes)
- 又 — again (2 strokes)
- 口 — mouth (3 strokes)
- 木 — tree (4 strokes)
Words using 極
- 極端に (きょくたんに): extremely — Lesson 13: The True Nature of “Worries”
- 極上の (ごくじょうの): finest; top-quality — Minna Intermediate - Lesson 21 - Communication and Information Sharing
- 消極的 な (しょうきょくてきな): passive; unassertive (a-na) — 第5週 (3) - どんな人が好き？
- 積極的 な (せっきょくてきな): proactive; positive (a-na) — 第5週 (3) - どんな人が好き？
- 積極的（な） (せっきょくてき（な）): active; proactive — Minna Intermediate - Lesson 22 - Work Styles
- 月極/月決め (つきぎめ): monthly contract — Minna Intermediate - Lesson 13 - Hobbies and Interests
- 南極 (なんきょく): Antarctica — Minna Intermediate - Lesson 11 - Media and Information
- 極端な (極端（きょくたん）な): extreme; drastic — Unit 03 Adjectives A (191–280)
- 極めて (極（きわ）めて): extremely; exceedingly — Unit 07 Nouns A + Conjunctions (531–600)
- 極める/究める/窮める (極（きわ）める/究（きわ）める/窮（きわ）める): master; investigate thoroughly — Unit 13 Verbs A (1021–1110)
- 見極める (見極（みきわ）める): determine; ascertain — Unit 09 Verbs B (701–800)
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