Memory phrase for the Kanji: 極

極

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Meaning pole, extreme, zenith, extremely

Pronunciation

KYOKU, GOKU
kiwameru

Explanation

Left: tree 木, from right, a hand 又 pushes seaweed 丂 between two bars 二 into a small opening 口

Mnemonic
 
A tree as a mast holds those two bars extremely far apart such that a hand can hang seaweed in the opening between them: This is extreme.

Radicals

木 tree
彑 mutually
丂 wound seeweed
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 Vocabulary

極 ごく  quite, extremely, utmost, very
極める きわめる  to go to the extreme, investigate thoroughly
北極 ほっきょく  North Pole
極地圏 きょくちけん  polar regions, the pole
究極 きゅうきょく  ultimate, final
両極 りょうきょく  both extremities, north and south poles
南極 なんきょく  south pole, Antarctic
極めて きわめて  exceedingly, extremely
極楽 ごくらく  paradise

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