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キョク・ゴク
Kun
きわ(める)・きわ(まる)・きわ(み)
Meaning
extreme, utmost, pole

Origin

ORIGIN

Phonetic-semantic: 木 (wood/beam) with 亟 as sound; the highest ridgepole of a house, extended to mean the utmost limit or pole.

Stroke order

STROKE ORDER

Readings and examples

OFFICIAL READINGS

キョク極限・終極・積極的
ゴク極上・極秘・至極
きわめる極める・極め付き

Compare: 究める・窮める

きわまる極めて〔副〕

Compare: 窮まる

きわみ極まる・極まり
極み

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

Compounds

COMPOUNDS

  • 北極ほっきょく

    North Pole

  • 南極なんきょく

    South Pole

Example

EXAMPLE

A sentence using this kanji

北極には白いくまがいます。

There are white bears at the North Pole.

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