What does kanji 墾 mean?

The primary meaning of kanji 墾 is ground-breaking.

How is kanji 墾 read?

The kunyomi readings for kanji 墾 are は.る, ひら.く; the onyomi readings are コン.

What is the main radical of kanji 墾?

The main radical for kanji 墾 is 土.

What words use kanji 墾?

Example words that use kanji 墾 include 墾く, 墾田, 開墾, 未開墾.

JōyōJLPT N1Kanken 3

墾

Meaning

Kanji 墾

ground-breaking

ground-breaking, open up farmland

Stroke Order

Readings

Kunyomi 訓読み: は.るひら.く
Onyomi 音読み: コン
Nanori 名乗り: -

Added to Jōyō: 1946

Jōyō: -
JLPT: JLPT N1
Frequency: -
Strokes: 16
Radical: 土
Components: 土 • 犯 • 爪 • 艮 • 豸
Kanji Kentei: Level 3
Similar Kanji: 貇 • 懇

Related vocabulary

Showing 9 common entries

Showing 9 of 9 entries that include this kanji.

墾く

ひらく

to cultivate (land)

墾田

こんでん

new rice field

開墾

かいこん

cultivating new land

未開墾

みかいこん

uncultivated

未墾

みこん

uncultivated

開墾地

かいこんち

cultivated land

切り墾く

きりひらく

to cut open

未開墾地

みかいこんち

virgin soil

未墾地

みこんち

uncultivated land

Example sentences

5 reference sentences

彼らは荒れ地を開墾した。

They cleared the wasteland.

ここは開墾された土地だ。

This is reclaimed land.

祖父は山を開墾して畑を作った。

My grandfather cleared the mountain and made a field.

未墾の地が広がっている。

Uncultivated land stretches out.

開墾の作業はとても大変だ。

The work of clearing land is very hard.