極 — poles, settlement, conclusion

Readings

On'yomi came with the character from Chinese; kun'yomi is the native Japanese word it was borrowed for. A dot marks where okurigana takes over, a hyphen marks a prefix or suffix position.

On'yomi

• きょく kyoku
• ごく goku

Kun'yomi

• きわ.める kiwa.meru
• きわ.まる kiwa.maru
• きわ.まり kiwa.mari
• きわ.み kiwa.mi
• き.める ki.meru
• -ぎ.め -gi.me
• き.まる ki.maru

Words that use 極

A kanji is worth learning for the words it unlocks. These are from the JLPT vocabulary lists.

• 積極的 せっきょくてき positive JLPT N3
• 消極的 しょうきょくてき negative JLPT N2
• 南極 なんきょく South Pole JLPT N2
• 北極 ほっきょく North Pole JLPT N2
• 極楽 ごくらく Sukhavati (Amitabha's Pure Land) JLPT N1
• 究極 きゅうきょく ultimate JLPT N1
• 極端 きょくたん extreme JLPT N1
• 極めて きわめて exceedingly JLPT N1
• 両極 りょうきょく both extremities JLPT N1