A kanji
極
extreme, pole, extremely, very, highly, most, end, settlement, conclusion, highest rank
- 12 strokes
- Taught in grade 4 (kyōiku kanji)
- No. 460 of 2,500 in newspapers
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
A dot marks where the okurigana begin.
Stroke order
Stroke order is from KanjiVG, copyright Ulrich Apel, under CC BY-SA 3.0. A kanji is drawn only where KanjiVG and KANJIDIC2 count the same number of strokes.
Shapes inside it
The shapes EDRDG's KRADFILE lists 極 as containing. It is a lookup aid for finding a kanji by its parts: it says what the character contains, not where it comes from, and a shape need not be a kanji.
Written with 極 10 words
Grouped by JLPT level, easiest first, and oldest first within a level.
JLPT N3 · 2 words
JLPT N2 · 3 words
JLPT N1 · 5 words
Some of these words show it as a part of their “Taken apart” row: see the words taken apart with 極.
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