Memory phrase for the character: 極

極

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Meaning

pole, extreme, zenith, extremely

Pronunciation

KYOKU, GOKU
kiwameru

Explanation

 Left: tree 木; right: two 二 boundary lines to measure the extreme height of that tree, between them seaweed 丂, a mouth 口 and a hand 又.

Mnemonic
 
The height of the tree or stuffing your mouth full of seaweed is: extreme!

Radicals

木 tree
二 two
丂 wound seeweed
彑 mutually




 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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