極

13 strokes
Jouyou kanji
Taught in 4th grade
JLPT exam level N2

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

Kun'yomi
  • きわめる
    		to carry to extremes ②to reach the peak of something (e.g. luxury, hardships, etc) ③to exhaust completely
  • きわまる
    		to reach an extreme ②extremely ③to be stuck ④to be decided
  • きわまり
    		extremity
  • きわみ
    		height ②end
  • きめる
    		to decide ②to clinch (a victory) ③to persist in doing ④to always do
  • -ぎめ
  • きまる
On'yomi
  • キョク
    		pole ②climax
  • ゴク
    		quite ②10^48

Main Radical

木(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

キョク 51.1%
ゴク 27.2%
きわめるきわまるきわまりきわみ 21.2%
きめる-ぎめきまる 0.5%

Character Breakdown

poles, settlement, conclusion
キョク　ゴク　きわ.める (4th, N2)
tree, wood
き　モク　こ- (1st, N5)
fast, quick, sudden
キョク　キ　ケ (Kentei 1)
obstruction of breath (qi) as it seeks release, variant of other characters
コウ　さまた.げられる
sigh(嘆) variant
mouth
くち　コウ　ク (1st, N4)
or again, furthermore, on the other hand
また　ユウ　やす (8th, N1)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ　いっ　ひと- (1st, N5)

Common Words

きゅう
究
きょく
極
ultimate
きわ
極
　
め
　
て
exceedingly
きわ
極
　
め
　
る
to carry to extremes ②to reach the peak of something (e.g. luxury, hardships, etc) ③to exhaust completely
せっ
積
きょく
極
てき
的
positive
ごく
極
ひ
秘
absolute secrecy
きょく
極
げん
限
utmost limits ②limit
ごく
極
らく
楽
Sukhavati (Amitabha's Pure Land) ②paradise
なん
南
きょく
極
South Pole ②the Antarctic
きょく
極
たん
端
extreme
ごく
極
じょう
上
first-rate
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References

Unicode hex code 6975
JIS X 0208 1-22-43
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Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 4a8.11
Four corner code 4191.4
De Roo Code 1872