# 極 — Extreme

Frequency rank 606 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Mid-frequency: not on every page, but regular in books and magazines.

More common than 草 (Grass), less common than 絵 (Picture).

- On’yomi: きょく
- Kun’yomi: きわ
- Radical: 木 Tree (Kangxi 75)
- Frequency path: Level V of XX

A tree on the left supports a mouth on a stool with fingers on the right -- fingers reaching past every obstacle to the extreme limit of what the tree can hold.

In words:

- 極 ごく — quite,very
- 極めて きわめて — exceedingly;extremely
- 極楽 ごくらく — paradise

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