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Kanji Details for 極

Kanji definition, readings and usage

JLPT 2
極

Strokes: 13

Radicals: 口 又 木

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

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  • キョク
  • ゴク
  • きわ.める
  • きわ.まる
  • きわ.まり
  • きわ.み
  • き.める
  • -ぎ.め
  • き.まる

Popular Words

Common words that use this kanji

  • 決める, 極める

    to decide; to choose; to determine; to make up one's mind; to resolve; to set one's heart on; to settle; to arrange; to set; to appoint; to fix

    to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match)

    to persist in doing; to go through with

    to always do; to have made a habit of

    to take for granted; to assume

    to dress up; to dress to kill; to dress to the nines

    to carry out successfully (a move in sports, a pose in dance, etc.); to succeed in doing

    to immobilize with a double-arm lock (in sumo, judo, etc.)

  • 決まる, 決る, 極る

    to be decided; to be settled

    to look good in (clothes)

  • 積極的

    assertive; positive; active; proactive

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