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垦

kěn

to cultivate, to farm; to reclaim

🔤 Pictophonetic: 土 (earth) provides meaning, 艮 provides pronunciation
HSK 9 strokes Uncommon (31%)
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Component Breakdown

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艮
gěn
blunt; tough, chewy
土
tǔ
soil, earth; items made of earth
⿱艮土 i

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Component Tree i

gěn
艮
blunt; tough, chewy
6 strokes
tǔ
土
soil, earth; items made of earth
📷 Pictographic: A lump of clay on a potter's wheel
3 strokes HSK 5

Words Using 垦 (11)

wéikěn
围垦 ↗
to reclaim land by diking
túnkěn
屯垦 ↗
to open up land for cultivation / to garrison troops to open up land
kāikěn
开垦 ↗
to clear a wild area for cultivation / to put under the plow
kěn
垦 ↗
to reclaim (land) / to cultivate
Kěndīng
垦丁 ↗
Kenting Town, at tourist resort in Pingtung County [[屏東縣|屏东县<PíngdōngXiàn>]], south Taiwan
KěndīngGuójiāGōngyuán
垦丁国家公园 ↗
Kenting National Park on the Hengchun Peninsula [[恆春半島|恒春半岛<HéngchūnBàndǎo>]], Pingtung county, south Taiwan
KěndīngShì
垦丁市 ↗
Kenting Town, at tourist resort in Pingtung County [[屏東縣|屏东县<PíngdōngXiàn>]], south Taiwan
Kěnlì
垦利 ↗
Kenli county in Dongying [[東營|东营<Dōngyíng>]], Shandong
Kěnlìxiàn
垦利县 ↗
Kenli county in Dongying [[東營|东营<Dōngyíng>]], Shandong
kěnhuāng
垦荒 ↗
to open up land (for agriculture)
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