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極 · extreme, pole

極 is a kanji meaning extreme, pole, extremely, very. It has 12 strokes and is on the JLPT N2 list.

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Words that use 極
Word	Reading	Meaning	Level
積極的せっきょくてき	せっきょくてき	positive, active, proactive	N3
極ごく	ごく	quite, very	N3
消極的しょうきょくてき	しょうきょくてき	passive	N2
南極なんきょく	なんきょく	south pole, Antarctic	N2
北極ほっきょく	ほっきょく	North Pole	N2
極楽ごくらく	ごくらく	paradise	N1

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More words that use 極
Word	Reading	Meaning	Level
究極きゅうきょく	きゅうきょく	ultimate, final, eventual	N1
極端きょくたん	きょくたん	extreme, extremity	N1
極めてきわめて	きわめて	exceedingly, extremely (written expression)	N1
両極りょうきょく	りょうきょく	both extremities, north and south poles	N1

Readings and meanings: KANJIDIC2 · Words: JMdict · © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Stroke order: KanjiVG (Ulrich Apel and contributors, CC BY-SA 3.0) · JLPT levels: Jonathan Waller, tanos.co.uk (CC BY), unofficial · All sources · This page's kanji and word data is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

12 strokes