Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 極
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極 |
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Meaning |
pole, extreme, zenith, extremely |
Pronunciation |
KYOKU, GOKU
kiwameru |
Explanation |
Left: tree 木, from right, a hand 又 pushes seaweed 丂 between two bars 二 into a small opening 口 |
Mnemonic
| A tree as a mast holds those two bars extremely far apart such that a hand can hang seaweed in the opening between them: This is extreme. |
Radicals
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Vocabulary
| 極 |
ごく |
quite, extremely, utmost, very | | 極める |
きわめる |
to go to the extreme, investigate thoroughly | | 北極 |
ほっきょく |
North Pole | | 極地圏 |
きょくちけん |
polar regions, the pole | | 両極 |
りょうきょく |
both extremities, north and south poles | | 南極 |
なんきょく |
south pole, Antarctic | | 極めて |
きわめて |
exceedingly, extremely | | 極楽 |
ごくらく |
paradise | | 極端 |
きょくたん |
extreme, extremity |
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