両極

See also: 两极 and 兩極

Japanese

Kanji in this term
両	極
りょう Grade: 3	きょく Grade: 4
kan'on

Alternative spelling
兩極 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) りょーきょく [ryòókyókú] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ɾʲo̞ːkʲo̞kɯ̟]

Noun

両(りょう)極(きょく) • (ryōkyoku) ^{←りやうきよく (ryaukyoku)^?}

(geography) north and south poles
(electricity, chemistry, electronics) anode and cathode
both extremes

Synonyms

(both extremes): 両(りょう)極(きょく)端(たん) (ryōkyokutan)

Hyponyms

(poles): 南(なん)極(きょく) (nankyoku, “south pole”), 北(ほっ)極(きょく) (hokkyoku, “north pole”)
(electrodes): 陽(よう)極(きょく) (yōkyoku, “anode”), 陰(いん)極(きょく) (inkyoku, “cathode”)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN