極
極 — geuk
Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).
- Korean reading
- 다할/극진할 극
- Romanization
- geuk
- English
- extreme, utmost, furthest, final
- Mandarin
- jí
- Japanese on'yomi
- キョク, ゴク, ケキ, キャク
- Japanese kun'yomi
- きわ.める きわ.まる きわ.まり きわ.み き.める -ぎ.め き.まる
- Japanese usage
- Jōyō kanji
- School grade
- Grade 4
- Newspaper frequency
- #460 of 2,500
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 木 (75, 9 residual)
- Unicode
- U+6975
Parts that make up 極
How 極 was formed
Traditional analysis treats 極 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 木, 亟.
Korean example words with 極
- 극소極少 Korean gloss: 아주 적음
- 극난極難 Korean gloss: 몹시 어려움
- 극빈極貧 Korean gloss: 몹시 가난함
- 극성極盛 Korean gloss: 몹시 왕성함
- 극북極北 Korean gloss: 북쪽의 맨 끝
- 극서極西 Korean gloss: 서쪽의 맨 끝
- 극죄極罪 Korean gloss: 아주 무거운 죄
- 극도極度 Korean gloss: 더할 수 없는 정도
- 극해極海 Korean gloss: 북극이나 남극의 바다
- 극량極量 Korean gloss: ‘최대 용량’의 전 용어
- 극통極痛 Korean gloss: 뼈에 사무치게 맺힌 고통
- 극존極尊 Korean gloss: ‘임금’을 높여 이르는 말
Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)
Japanese words with 極
- 積極的せっきょくてき positive; assertive; active
- 積極せっきょく active; positive; progressive
- 消極的しょうきょくてき negative; passive; half-hearted
- 極端きょくたん extreme; extremity
- 極東きょくとう Far East
- 南極なんきょく South Pole; the Antarctic; Antarctica
- 極右きょくう far right (in politics); extreme right; ultraright
- 極秘ごくひ absolute secrecy
- 究極きゅうきょく ultimate; final; last
- 消極しょうきょく passive; negative; conservative
- 極ごく quite; very; 10^48
- 極限きょくげん utmost limits; extremity; limit
Other hanja read “극”
Other hanja with radical 木
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