極 — 12 strokes ／ Radical「木」
道7Elementary year 4 ／ 12 strokes ／ Radical「木」
- On
- キョク・ゴクきょく・ごく · kyoku · goku
- Kun
- きわ(める)・きわ(まる)・きわ(み)kiwa(meru) · kiwa(maru) · kiwa(mi)
- Meaning
- extreme, utmost, pole
Stroke order
Origin
Phonetic-semantic: 木 (wood/beam) with 亟 as sound; the highest ridgepole of a house, extended to mean the utmost limit or pole.
Readings and examples
| Onキョクきょくkyoku | 極限きょくげん終極しゅうきょく積極的せっきょくてき |
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| Onゴクごくgoku | 極上ごくじょう極秘ごくひ至極しごく |
| Kunきわめるkiwameru | 極めるきわめる極め付ききわめつき Compare: 究める・窮める |
| Kunきわまるkiwamaru | 極めて〔副〕きわめて〔ふく〕 Compare: 窮まる |
| Kunきわみkiwami | 極まるきわまる極まりきわまり |
| Kun | 極みきわみ |
Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.
Compounds
- 北極ほっきょく
North Pole
- 南極なんきょく
South Pole
Example
北極には白いくまがいます。
There are white bears at the North Pole.
Nearby characters
The line style shows how they connect
CompoundRadicalReading
Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)