"極" meaning in Japanese

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Adverb

IPA: [ɡo̞kɯ̟] Forms: [canonical] (ruby: (ごく)), goku [romanization], 極く [alternative, kanji]
Etymology: From Middle Chinese 極 (MC gik). Etymology templates: {{der|ja|ltc|-}} Middle Chinese, {{ltc-l|極}} 極 (MC gik) Head templates: {{ja-pos|adverb|ごく}} 極(ごく) • (goku)
  1. very, extremely
    Sense id: en-極-ja-adv-phYrS6Em
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1 Categories (other): Japanese terms read with goon, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese terms read with goon: 0 0 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 0 0

Character

Forms: Fourth grade kyōiku kanji [romanization]
  1. extreme Tags: kanji
    Sense id: en-極-ja-character-M5O0Hu7q Categories (other): Japanese fourth grade kanji, Japanese jōyō kanji, Japanese kanji, Japanese kyōiku kanji, Japanese terms with 1 kanji Disambiguation of Japanese fourth grade kanji: 32 36 32 Disambiguation of Japanese jōyō kanji: 34 32 34 Disambiguation of Japanese kanji: 34 33 34 Disambiguation of Japanese kyōiku kanji: 34 33 34 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 1 kanji: 0 32 31 32 1 3 1
  2. pole (e.g. North Pole); extremity, zenith Tags: kanji
    Sense id: en-極-ja-character-Gz57jxRw Categories (other): Japanese fourth grade kanji, Japanese jōyō kanji, Japanese kanji, Japanese kyōiku kanji, Japanese numeral symbols, Japanese terms with 1 kanji, Japanese terms with Atamadaka pitch accent (Tōkyō), Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Japanese terms with redundant transliterations Disambiguation of Japanese fourth grade kanji: 32 36 32 Disambiguation of Japanese jōyō kanji: 34 32 34 Disambiguation of Japanese kanji: 34 33 34 Disambiguation of Japanese kyōiku kanji: 34 33 34 Disambiguation of Japanese numeral symbols: 0 0 33 16 6 27 18 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 1 kanji: 0 32 31 32 1 3 1 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with Atamadaka pitch accent (Tōkyō): 0 0 50 0 6 37 6 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 0 100 0 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant transliterations: 0 100 0
  3. quindecillion Tags: kanji
    Sense id: en-極-ja-character-kIzb66So Categories (other): Japanese fourth grade kanji, Japanese jōyō kanji, Japanese kanji, Japanese kyōiku kanji, Japanese numeral symbols, Japanese terms with 1 kanji Disambiguation of Japanese fourth grade kanji: 32 36 32 Disambiguation of Japanese jōyō kanji: 34 32 34 Disambiguation of Japanese kanji: 34 33 34 Disambiguation of Japanese kyōiku kanji: 34 33 34 Disambiguation of Japanese numeral symbols: 0 0 33 16 6 27 18 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 1 kanji: 0 32 31 32 1 3 1
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 極意 (gokui) (ruby: (ごく), ()), 極刑 (kyokkei) (ruby: (きょっ), (けい)), 極光 (kyokkō) (ruby: (きょっ), (こう)), 極性 (kyokusei) (ruby: (きょく), (せい)), 極端 (kyokutan) (ruby: (きょく), (たん)), 極地 (kyokuchi) (ruby: (きょく), ()), 極東 (Kyokutō) (ruby: (きょく), (とう)), 極道 (gokudō) (ruby: (ごく), (どう)), 極秘 (gokuhi) (ruby: (ごく), ()), 極太 (gokubuto) (ruby: (ごく), (ぶと)), 極楽 (gokuraku) (ruby: (ごく), (らく)), 極論 (kyokuron) (ruby: (きょく), (ろん)), 磁極 (jikyoku) (ruby: (), (きょく)), 電極 (denkyoku) (ruby: (でん), (きょく)), 極悪 (gokuaku) (ruby: (ごく), (あく))

Noun

IPA: [kʲo̞kɯ̟] Forms: 極 ^ [canonical] (ruby: (きょく)), kyoku [romanization], きよく [hiragana, historical]
Etymology: From Middle Chinese 極 (MC gik). Etymology templates: {{der|ja|ltc|-}} Middle Chinese, {{ltc-l|極}} 極 (MC gik) Head templates: {{ja-noun|きょく|hist=きよく}} 極(きょく) • (kyoku) ^(←きよく (kyoku)?)
  1. extreme, extremity, height, zenith
    Sense id: en-極-ja-noun-NyV6P5GH
  2. (physics, astronomy, geometry) pole
    Sense id: en-極-ja-noun-uUJa~eH1 Categories (other): Astronomy, Geometry, Physics, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese numeral symbols, Japanese terms read with kan'on, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 0 0 27 0 7 63 3 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 0 0 30 0 8 58 4 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 0 0 11 0 9 68 12 Disambiguation of Japanese numeral symbols: 0 0 33 16 6 27 18 Disambiguation of Japanese terms read with kan'on: 0 0 13 0 14 53 20 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 0 0 22 0 6 66 6 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 0 0 9 26 7 48 10 Topics: astronomy, geometry, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Numeral

IPA: [ɡo̞kɯ̟] Forms: [canonical] (ruby: (ごく)), goku [romanization], 極く [alternative, kanji]
Etymology: From Middle Chinese 極 (MC gik). Etymology templates: {{der|ja|ltc|-}} Middle Chinese, {{ltc-l|極}} 極 (MC gik) Head templates: {{ja-pos|numeral|ごく}} 極(ごく) • (goku)
  1. 10⁴⁸, quindecillion
    Sense id: en-極-ja-num-WosHES0Z Categories (other): Japanese numeral symbols Disambiguation of Japanese numeral symbols: 0 0 33 16 6 27 18
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1 Categories (other): Japanese terms read with goon, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese terms read with goon: 0 0 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 0 0
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          "極",
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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          "極",
          "ごく"
        ],
        [
          "楽",
          "らく"
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      "word": "極楽"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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          "極",
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          "論",
          "ろん"
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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          "磁",
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          "極",
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          "極",
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          "極",
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        ],
        [
          "悪",
          "あく"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "極悪"
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      "form": "Fourth grade kyōiku kanji",
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  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "character",
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          "_dis": "0 32 31 32 1 3 1",
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        "pole (e.g. North Pole); extremity, zenith"
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          "North Pole",
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          "zenith",
          "zenith"
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      ],
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      "id": "en-極-ja-character-kIzb66So",
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          "quindecillion"
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      ],
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  ],
  "word": "極"
}

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        {
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
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              0,
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          "english": "very rarely; seldom",
          "roman": "very rarely; seldom",
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          "english": "a very limited group of people",
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              "限",
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              "人",
              "ひと"
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      "ipa": "[ɡo̞kɯ̟]"
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          "english": "to become extremely exhausted",
          "literal_meaning": "to reach the highest level of fatigue",
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