| 1152 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1821 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 3337 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1259 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1598 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 2573 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 897 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 919 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1675 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1457 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2983 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1525 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2078 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1338 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 25593 | Morohashi |
| 2358 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 4212 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1326 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1424 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1787 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1756 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 窮屈 【キュウクツ】 narrow, tight, cramped, formal, stiff, strict, ceremonious, rigid, constrained, uncomfortable, tight (e.g. finances)
- 究極 【キュウキョク】 ultimate, final, last, eventual
- 無窮 【ムキュウ】 eternity, infinitude, immortality
- 天壌無窮 【テンジョウムキュウ】 as eternal as heaven and earth
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
- 窮みなき 【きわみなき】 without limit, endless
Readings
- Korean:
- gung
Spanish
- final
- extremo
- finalizar
- acabar
- llevar al extremo
- llevar a cabo
Portuguese
- endurecer
- destituído
- sofrer
- criar obstáculos
- encurralar
French
- extrêmement
- indigent
- fauché
- souffrir
- perplexe
- acculé
| 752 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3m12.4 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-3-12 | SKIP code |
| 2-5-10 | SKIP code |
| 3022.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-21-71 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 7aae | Unicode hex code |
scheme, plan, policy, step, means
- On:
- サク
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N1
209 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 策 【サク】 plan, policy, means, measure, stratagem, scheme, fifth principle of the Eight Principles of Yong, right upward flick
- 作戦 【サクセン】 tactics, strategy, military operation, naval operation
- 施策 【シサク】 policy, measure
- 国策 【コクサク】 national policy
Readings
- Korean:
- chaeg
Spanish
- esquema
- plan
- estrategia
Portuguese
- esquema
- plano
- política
- passo
- meios
French
- moyen
- plan
- stratégie
- politique
- projet
- mesures
| 795 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 883 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 873 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 256 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 3393 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 695 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1604 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1767 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 880 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 901 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1057 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1477 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3320 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1720 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2338 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 957 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 26009 | Morohashi |
| 2679 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 4284 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 948 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1019 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 256 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 945 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 2364 | 2001 Kanji |
| 6f6.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-6-6 | SKIP code |
| 8890.2 | Four corner code |
| 1-26-86 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 7b56 | Unicode hex code |