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墾

墾 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. 原野を切り開いて農地にする。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「土」+音符「豤」。「たがやす」を意味する漢語｛墾｝を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

ground-breaking, open up farmland

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • コンJHS
Kun (native)
  • は(る)
  • ひら(く)
Other languages
  • 拼音ken3
  • 한글gan
  • Hán-ViệtKhẩn

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
16 strokes
Radical
土(つち)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+58BE

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱貇土

Words using this kanji

  • 墾田こんでん新たに開墾された田地。 開墾予定の地。new rice field
  • 墾くひらくto cultivate (land), to clear (land)

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(8 results)

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Lookup codes

SKIP
2-13-3
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2710.4
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3b13.6
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2124
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1142