| 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 2
JLPT level N4
373 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 楽 【ガク】 music, old Japanese court music, gagaku
- 楽章 【ガクショウ】 movement
- 邦楽 【ホウガク】 Japanese music (esp. traditional Japanese music)
- 室内楽 【シツナイガク】 chamber music
- 楽 【ラク】 comfort, ease, relief, (at) peace, relaxation, easy, simple, without trouble, without hardships, (economically) comfortable, raku pottery, sukha (happiness)
- 楽園 【ラクエン】 paradise, Eden
- 千秋楽 【センシュウラク】 final day of a performance, closing date, final show, final day of a tournament
- 行楽 【コウラク】 outing, excursion, pleasure trip, going on a picnic
- 猿楽 【サルガク】 sarugaku (form of theatre popular in Japan during the 11th to 14th centuries), noh, fooling around
Kun reading compounds
- 楽しい 【たのしい】 enjoyable, fun, pleasant, happy, delightful
- 楽しい思い出 【たのしいおもいで】 happy memory, sweet memory
- 楽しむ 【たのしむ】 to enjoy, to take pleasure in, to have a good time, to have fun, to look forward to
Readings
- Japanese names:
- さ、 た、 やす、 ら
- Korean:
- ag
Spanish
- música
- divertido
- fácil
- agradable
- disfrutar
- divertirse
Portuguese
- música
- conforto
- facilidade
French
- musique
- agréable
- confort
| 331 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 98 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 218 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 232 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2324 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 322 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 200 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 2029 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.10 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 358 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 359 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 343 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1064 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3505 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1808 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2460 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1751 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 15213 | Morohashi |
| 2826 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2790 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1735 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1872 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 481 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 225 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 364 | 2001 Kanji |
| 4a9.29 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-9-4 | SKIP code |
| 3290.4 | Four corner code |
| 1-19-58 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 697d | Unicode hex code |
Stroke order
Kun reading compounds
- 鯊 【はぜ】 goby (fish), yellowfin goby (Acanthogobius flavimanus)
- 糸引鯊 【いとひきはぜ】 Myersina filifer (species of goby)
- 紬鯊 【つむぎはぜ】 yellowfin toxic goby (Yongeichthys criniger), horny goby
Readings
- Korean:
- sa
Spanish
Portuguese
French
| 46186 | Morohashi |
| 6867 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 11a7.9 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-7-11 | SKIP code |
| 3933.6 | Four corner code |
| 1-82-34 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 9bca | Unicode hex code |