墾
墾: to clear land
to clear land; to cultivate
16 strokesSecondary · Stage 4 (about 2級)in 2 words here
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Kunはる・ひらく
Appears essentially only in 開墾 (clearing land for farming) and related compounds.
Key words
開墾かいこんclearing land for farming
開墾地かいこんちreclaimed land
未墾地みこんちuncultivated land
墾田こんでんnewly reclaimed field
Example sentences
祖父の家族は、北の山を開墾して畑を作った。
My grandfather's family cleared the northern mountain and made fields.
この開墾地では、昔から米と野菜が作られてきた。
On this reclaimed land, rice and vegetables have been grown since long ago.
この島には、まだ誰も使っていない未墾地が広がっている。
On this island, uncultivated land that nobody has used yet stretches out.