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墾

ground-breaking
Stroke count: 16

Readings

On readingコン
Kun readingは.る、ひら.く
JōyōGrade 8KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. ground-breaking
    新たな入植者達がその広大な広野を開墾した。The newcomers cultivated the immense wilderness.tatoeba
    静岡藩の開墾に尽力。He dedicated himself to develop rural lands in the Shizuoka Domain.wiki
  2. open up farmland
  3. groundbreakingRtK

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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skunk · silver (金) · soil (土) · dirt (土) · ground (土)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 2124

Compound words

開墾かいこん
cultivating new land; clearing; reclamation
墾くひらく
to cultivate (land)
墾田こんでん
new rice field
未墾みこん
uncultivated
開墾地かいこんち
cultivated land
未開墾みかいこん
uncultivated
未墾地みこんち
uncultivated land
切り墾くきりひらく
to cut open
未開墾地みかいこんち
virgin soil

Additional Examples

静岡藩の開墾に尽力。
He dedicated himself to develop rural lands in the Shizuoka Domain.wiki

Stroke Order

16 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 墾

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