拓

clear (the land), open, break up (land)

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

タク

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

ひら.く

Nanori (名乗り)

つひろ

Stroke Order

8 / 8

Information

Grade:8

Strokes:8

JLPT:N1

Frequency:1526

Vocabulary

タク

Word	Reading	Meaning
開拓	カイタク	reclamation (e.g. of wasteland); cultivation; development; pioneering; opening up (e.g. of a new market); breaking new ground; trailblazing
開拓者	カイタクシャ	pioneer; settler; colonist
干拓	カンタク	land reclamation (from sea)
拓殖	タクショク	colonization; colonisation; development; settlement; exploitation
拓本	タクホン	rubbing; rubbed copy

Other

Word	Reading	Meaning
切り拓く	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)
荒れ地を拓く	あれちをひらく	to open up unbroken land
道を拓く	みちをひらく	to open up a path; to clear a path; to open up doors; to pave the way
拓く	ひらく	to open (e.g. path); to clear (the way); to break up (e.g. land)
北海道拓殖銀行	ほっかいどうたくしょくぎんこう	Hokkaido Takushoku Bank, Limited

Visually Similar Kanji

These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes

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arrest, seize, concerned, adhere to, despite

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pick up, gather, find, go on foot, ten

set, lay a foundation, install, equip, squat down, sit down

discard, throw away, abandon, resign, reject, sacrifice

mister, you, ruler, male name suffix