墾

ground-breaking, open up farmland

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

コン

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

は.るひら.く

Stroke Order

16 / 16

Information

Grade:8

Strokes:16

JLPT:N1

Frequency:N/A

Vocabulary

コン

Word	Reading	Meaning
開墾	カイコン	cultivating new land; clearing; reclamation
開墾地	カイコンチ	cultivated land
未開墾	ミカイコン	uncultivated; wild
未開墾地	ミカイコンチ	virgin soil; uncultivated land
未墾	ミコン	uncultivated; wild

Other

Word	Reading	Meaning
切り墾く	きりひらく	to cut open; to clear (land); to cut (a path, road, etc.); to open; to cut one's way through (e.g. a jungle); to carve out (a new career, future, etc.); to open up (a new field)
墾く	ひらく	to cultivate (land); to clear (land)

Visually Similar Kanji

These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes

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Grade 8JLPT N/A