拓 – clear (the land), open, break up (land)

8 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#1526 in newspaper frequencyN1 vocabulary

The kanji 拓 means clear (the land), open, break up (land). Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is タク (taku); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is ひら.く (hiraku). It is written with 8 strokes, under radical 手 (no. 64).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	タク	taku
Kun’yomi	ひら.く	hiraku

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 手 (Kangxi radical 64). Components: 口・石・扎.

Words using 拓

開拓かいたくreclamation (e.g. of wasteland)

Example sentences

新たな入植者達がその広大な荒野を開拓した。

The newcomers cultivated the immense wilderness.

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これらの製品の新たなる販路を開拓せねばならない。

We have to find a new market for these products.

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Kanji with the same radical

手持指投打提挙援担技撃推接授摘批

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