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Kanji Detail for 墾 - "to cultivate"

墾

  • Meaning

    墾 means "to cultivate." Also associated with to clear land.

    1. Cultivate - To plow and develop land.

    2. Reclaim - To clear wasteland for farming.

    3. Pioneer - To open new territory.

  • Tattoo check: 墾

    • Verified meaning: to cultivate
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read あらき, おさむ, つとむ, ひらく)
    • Also carries these associations: to clear land

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 墾

    Given names 墾(おさむ)Listen 墾(つとむ)Listen 墾(ひらく)Listen

    Surnames 墾(あらき)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    ground-breaking; open up farmland

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    cultivate, reclaim, to farm land

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to reclaim (land); to cultivate

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to cultivate, to farm; to reclaim

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Wasteland not suitable for planting. First expending effort to turn the soil, loosening it to gradually become cultivated fields, is called 開墾 (reclamation).

  • Onyomi

    tip

    kon(コン) コン

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    haru(はる) はる

    hira.ku(ひら-く) ひら-く

  • Strokes

    tip

    16 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    土 (tsuchi・tsuchihen・dohen)

  • Related Keywords

    to cultivate cultivation reclamation land development agriculture farming tillage plow planting soil preparation clearing wasteland

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