拓
拓 — Clear (the land)
clear (the land), open, break up (land)
On’yomiタク (taku)
Kun’yomiひらく (hiraku)
Stroke order (8 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 拓
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 開拓 | かいたく kaitaku | reclamation (e.g. of wasteland); cultivation; development |
| 拓殖 | たくしょく takushoku | colonization; colonisation; development |
| 干拓 | かんたく kantaku | land reclamation (from sea) |
| 開拓者 | かいたくしゃ kaitakusha | pioneer; settler; colonist |
| 拓本 | たくほん takuhon | rubbing; rubbed copy |
| 未開拓 | みかいたく mikaitaku | undeveloped (area); unexplored (field of study); wild (areas) |
Study notes
拓 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 8 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1526 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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