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極 きわ.める、きわ.まる、きわ.まり、きわ.み、き.める、-ぎ.め、き.まる 積極的(せっきょくてき): assertive; positive; active; proactive消極的(しょうきょくてき): negative; half-hearted; passive; unmotivated; pessimistic極端(きょくたん): extreme; extremity南極(なんきょく): (1) South Pole (2) the Antarctic; Antarctica究極(きゅうきょく): ultimate; extreme; final; eventual極(ごく): (1) quite; very (2) quindecillion (US); octillion (Europe); 10^48北極(ほっきょく): (1) North Pole (2) the Arctic極楽(ごくらく): (1) Sukhavati (Amitabha's Pure Land) (2) paradise極めて(きわめて): exceedingly; extremely; decisively両極(りょうきょく): both extremities; north and south poles; positive and negative poles 4 木: tree; wood亟: fast; quick; sudden 木 4 (none) poles (modified Katsuo) Can simplify this using decay (#1243). You travel to the poles, a frozen wasteland. In desperate need of food you try to set up a snare but the tree is decayed (see story for decay (#1243)) so you catch no prey. The brutal cold first attacks your mouth as your lips turn blue, then your crotch also gets cold as your body fails; finally you fall to the floor.

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キョク、ゴク poles, settlement, conclusion, end, highest rank, electric poles, very, extremely, most, highly, 10**48 2 460 12 75 き・きへん 形声 Phonetic Can simplify this using decay (#1243). Then: The expedition to the poles is bad for your health, and the decay that started in your mouth spreads to your crotch – at which point you fall to the floor.

Kanji	極
Onyomi	キョク、ゴク
Kunyomi	きわ.める、きわ.まる、きわ.まり、きわ.み、き.める、-ぎ.め、き.まる
English	poles, settlement, conclusion, end, highest rank, electric poles, very, extremely, most, highly, 10**48
Examples	積極的(せっきょくてき): assertive; positive; active; proactive 消極的(しょうきょくてき): negative; half-hearted; passive; unmotivated; pessimistic 極端(きょくたん): extreme; extremity 南極(なんきょく): (1) South Pole (2) the Antarctic; Antarctica 究極(きゅうきょく): ultimate; extreme; final; eventual 極(ごく): (1) quite; very (2) quindecillion (US); octillion (Europe); 10^48 北極(ほっきょく): (1) North Pole (2) the Arctic 極楽(ごくらく): (1) Sukhavati (Amitabha's Pure Land) (2) paradise 極めて(きわめて): exceedingly; extremely; decisively 両極(りょうきょく): both extremities; north and south poles; positive and negative poles
JLPT Level	2
Jouyou Grade	4
Frequency	460
Components	木: tree; wood 亟: fast; quick; sudden
Number of Strokes	12
Kanji Radical	木
Radical Number	75
Radical Strokes	4
Radical Reading	き・きへん
Traditional Form	(none)
Classification	形声 Phonetic
Keyword	poles
Koohii Story 1	Can simplify this using decay (#1243). Then: The expedition to the poles is bad for your health, and the decay that started in your mouth spreads to your crotch – at which point you fall to the floor.
Koohii Story 2	(modified Katsuo) Can simplify this using decay (#1243). You travel to the poles, a frozen wasteland. In desperate need of food you try to set up a snare but the tree is decayed (see story for decay (#1243)) so you catch no prey. The brutal cold first attacks your mouth as your lips turn blue, then your crotch also gets cold as your body fails; finally you fall to the floor.

Decay Poles Extreme South North Simplify Mouth Crotch