| 382 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 488 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 464 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 652 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2305 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 597 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 639 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1896 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 336 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 336 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 679 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1100 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1243 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 695 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 900 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1922 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 15181 | Morohashi |
| 1017 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2753 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1903 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 2052 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 311 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 584 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
poles, settlement, conclusion, end, highest rank, electric poles, very, extremely, most, highly, 10**48
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N2
460 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 極 【キョク】 pole, climax, extreme, extremity, culmination, height, zenith, nadir
- 極右 【キョクウ】 far right (in politics), extreme right, ultraconservative
- 消極 【ショウキョク】 passive, negative, conservative, depolarization
- 対極 【タイキョク】 antipodes, other (opposite) extreme, opposite, antithesis
- 極 【ゴク】 quite, very, 10^48, quindecillion
- 極秘 【ゴクヒ】 absolute secrecy
- 極々 【ゴクゴク】 extremely, highly
- 失礼至極 【シツレイシゴク】 extremely rude, impertinent, impolite
Kun reading compounds
- 極める 【きわめる】 to carry to extremes, to go to the end of something, to reach the limits of something, to reach the peak of something (e.g. luxury, hardships, etc), to be extremely (e.g. busy), to exhaust completely, to have nothing left (e.g. to say)
- 極まる 【きわまる】 to reach an extreme, to reach a limit, to terminate, to come to an end, extremely, to be stuck, to be in a dilemma, to be at a loss, to be decided, to be settled
- 極まり 【きわまり】 extremity, end, bound, limit
- 極まりない 【きわまりない】 extremely, in the extreme, knows no bounds (e.g. rudeness), unparalleled, boundless (e.g. universe, ocean), limitless
- 極み 【きわみ】 height, acme, extremity, peak, end, limit
- 決める 【きめる】 to decide, to choose, to determine, to make up one's mind, to resolve, to set one's heart on, to settle, to arrange, to set, to appoint, to fix, to clinch (a victory), to decide (the outcome of a match), to persist in doing, to go through with, to always do, to have made a habit of, to take for granted, to assume, to dress up, to dress to kill, to dress to the nines, to carry out successfully (a move in sports, a pose in dance, etc.), to succeed in doing, to immobilize with a double-arm lock (in sumo, judo, etc.), to eat or drink something, to take illegal drugs
- 決まる 【きまる】 to be decided, to be settled, to be fixed, to be arranged, to be unchanging, to be the same (as always), to be fixed, to be set, to be a fixed rule, to be destined, to be a convention, to be a custom, to be common knowledge, to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.), to go well, to succeed, to connect (of a punch), to look good (of clothing), to look sharp, to be stylish, to suit one, to be held in place (of a hairdo), to be struck and held (of a pose in kabuki)
Readings
- Korean:
- geug
Spanish
- polo terrestre o magnético
- muy
- sumamente
- extremadamente
- alcanzar un extremo
Portuguese
- postes
- acordo
- conclusão
- fim
- a mais alta posição
- postes elétricos
- muitos
- extremamente
- maior
- altamente
- 10 elevado a48
French
- extrêmes
- pôles (N et S)
- décision
- conclusion
- fin
- plus haut rang
- pôles électriques
- très
- extrêmement
- le plus
- hautement
- 10**48
| 1872 | 2001 Kanji |
| 4a8.11 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-4-8 | SKIP code |
| 4191.4 | Four corner code |
| 1-22-43 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 6975 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N1
1442 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 暑 【ショ】 heat, midsummer
- 暑中見舞 【ショチュウミマイ】 summer greeting card, inquiry after someone's health in the hot season
- 残暑 【ザンショ】 late summer heat, lingering summer heat
- 避暑 【ヒショ】 escaping the summer heat, going somewhere cooler during the summer, summering
Kun reading compounds
- 暑い 【あつい】 hot, warm, sultry, heated, passionate, impassioned, burning (desire, etc.), on everybody's mind, on the radar, du jour, interested (gaze, etc.)
- 暑い盛り 【あついさかり】 heat of the day, hottest part of the day
Readings
- Korean:
- seo
Spanish
- bochornoso
- caliente
- calor
Portuguese
- sufocante
- quente
- calor de verão
French
- chaud
- torride
- temps lourd
- chaleur d'été
| 247 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 329 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 313 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1254 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2138 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 476 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 190 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1738A | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 638 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 648 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 119 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 976 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3121 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1600 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2182 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1268 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 14031P | Morohashi |
| 2473 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2484 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1260 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1350 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 400 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3878 | 2001 Kanji |
| 4c8.5 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-4-8 | SKIP code |
| 3-8-4 | SKIP code |
| 6060.4 | Four corner code |
| 1-29-75 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 6691 | Unicode hex code |