EntryCommonWaniKani 27
  1. Ichidan verb, Transitive verb

    to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to reach the limits of something

    多くの運動選手は青年時代に盛りを極める。
    Most athletes are at their best during their early manhood.
  2. to reach the peak of something (e.g. luxury, hardships, etc); to be extremely (e.g. busy)

  3. to exhaust completely; to have nothing left (e.g. to say)

Also written 窮める【きわめる】

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Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

extreme, pole, extremely, very, highly, most, end, settlement, conclusion, highest rank

Kun
きわ.めるきわ.まるきわ.まりきわ.みき.める-ぎ.めき.まる
On
キョクゴク
Strokes
12
Taught
Grade 4
JLPT
N2
Frequency
460 of 2500
Radical
tree
WaniKani
Level 27

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Dictionary and index codes (33)
CodeReference
1-4-8SKIP code
4a8.11The Kanji Dictionary
4191.4Four corner code
1872deroo
6975Unicode hex code
1-22-43JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
2305Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2753New Nelson (John Haig)
1017New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1243Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
695Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
900Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1903Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2052Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
652A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1896Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
597Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
15181Morohashi
464A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
336Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
336Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
382sakade
639Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
488henshall3
584Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
311crowley
679Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1100Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1922Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
ji2Pinyin reading
geugKorean reading
n2JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
27WaniKani level