墾

Information about character(s)

Radical: 土
Radical Strokes: 3
Additional Strokes: 13
Total Strokes: 16
Simplified Form: 垦

Pronunciation

Pinyin: kěn
Cantonese: han2
JapaneseKun: HIRAKU
JapaneseOn: KON
Korean: KAN
Vietnamese: khẩn

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: cultivate, reclaim, to farm land

CE-Dict: to reclaim (land)/to cultivate

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.to cultivate (land); to reclaim (wasteland); to open new land for farming, etc.

朗道漢英字典 - Lang Dao: cultivate

懶蟲簡明漢英詞典: cultivate

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《土部》墾耕也。从土豤聲。

康熙字典文字版 【丑集中】【土字部】墾
【廣韻】康很切【集韻】【韻會】口很切，𠀤音懇。力治也。一曰開田用力反土也。　又傷也，如鉏墾之傷物也。【周禮·冬官考工記旊人】陶旊之事，髻墾薛暴不入市。【註】旊人，摶埴之工。髻，薄也。墾，傷也。薛，破裂也。暴，暴起也。皆器之不任用者，故不令其入市。　又叶苦泫切，音犬。【蘇軾·垂雲亭詩】我詩久不作，荒澀旋鉏墾。從君覓佳句，咀嚼廢朝飯。飯音卞上聲。

CF-Dict: défricher

Han-De-Dict: bessern, reklamieren (u.E.)