JLPT N1 · 8 strokes
Kanji 拓: "clear (the land), open, break up (land)"
The kanji 拓 means "clear (the land), open, break up (land)". It is written with 8 strokes and belongs to JLPT level N1, read タク in on'yomi and 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)
タク
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
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 | clear (the land), open, break up (land) |
|---|---|
| Strokes | 8 |
| JLPT level | N1 |
| Taught in Japan | secondary school |
| Frequency rank | 1526 of 2,501 |
Common words with 拓
The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.
- 開拓reclamation (e.g. of wasteland); cultivation; development · pioneering; opening up (e.g. of a new market); breaking new ground; trailblazing
- 拓くto open (e.g. path); to clear (the way); to break up (e.g. land)
- 開拓者pioneer; settler; colonist
- 未開拓undeveloped (area); unexplored (field of study); wild (areas); untapped area
- 開拓地reclaimed land; cleared land; area opened for development
- 魚拓ink rubbing of a fish; (making a) fish print; (taking a) fish impression; gyotaku · snapshot of a web page (to preserve its contents); archive
- 干拓land reclamation (from sea)
- 開拓使early-Meiji administrative unit for Hokkaido (1869-1882)
- 未開拓地undeveloped area
- 拓本rubbing; rubbed copy
- 開拓精神frontier spirit
- 拓銀Takushoku Bank (abbr)
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