墾
墾 — Ground-breaking
ground-breaking, open up farmland
On’yomiコン (kon)
Kun’yomiはる (haru)
Kun’yomiひらく (hiraku)
Stroke order (16 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 墾
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 開墾 | かいこん kaikon | cultivating new land; clearing; reclamation |
Study notes
墾 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 16 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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