Kanji: 極

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JLPT Level:	JLPT N2 (upper intermediate level)
Kanken Level:	Kanken Level 7 (completion of 4th grade)
Grade:	Taught during the 4th grade in Japan
Radical:	木 Radical name: き
Meaning:	Poles, settlement, conclusion, end, highest rank, electric poles, very, extremely, most, highly, 10**48
Usage:	Appears frequently in Japanese newspapers, but about 450 kanji are used even more often.

JLPT Level	Word	Meaning
N3	極(ごく)	quite, very
N3	積極的(せっきょくてき)	positive, active, proactive
N2	消極的(しょうきょくてき)	passive
N2	南極(なんきょく)	south pole, Antarctic
N2	北極(ほっきょく)	North Pole
N1	究極(きゅうきょく)	ultimate, final, eventual
N1	極端(きょくたん)	extreme, extremity
N1	極(きわ)めて	exceedingly, extremely
N1	極楽(ごくらく)	paradise
N1	両極(りょうきょく)	both extremities, north and south poles, positive and negative poles