JLPT N1 · 16 strokes
Kanji 墾: "ground-breaking, open up farmland"
The kanji 墾 means "ground-breaking, open up farmland". It is written with 16 strokes and belongs to JLPT level N1, read コン in on'yomi and は.る, ひら.く in kun'yomi.
Stroke order
Strokes are written in the order of the numbers. The order is not decorative: it is what gives the character its balance, and it is also how handwriting search works in Japanese dictionaries.
Readings
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
コン
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
は.るひら.く
In a kun'yomi reading, the dot separates the kanji from its okurigana: かた.る is read かたる and written 語る. A hyphen marks a bound position, like -び in 日.
At a glance
| Meaning | ground-breaking, open up farmland |
|---|---|
| Strokes | 16 |
| JLPT level | N1 |
| Taught in Japan | secondary school |
| Frequency rank | outside the 2,501 most frequent |
Common words with 墾
The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.
- 開墾cultivating new land; clearing; reclamation
- 開墾地cultivated land
- 墾田new rice field
- 未墾uncultivated; wild
- 未墾地uncultivated land
- 未開墾uncultivated; wild
- 未開墾地virgin soil; uncultivated land
- 墾くto cultivate (land); to clear (land)
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