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極

Level V of XX on the frequency path

Frequency rank 606 / 2,608

Extreme

On’yomi
きょく
Kun’yomi
きわ
Radical
木 Tree (Kangxi 75)

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

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

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,veryN3
極めて きわめて exceedingly;extremelyN1
極楽 ごくらく paradiseN1

極 is rank 606 of 2,608 in published Japanese.

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