拓

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

JLPT: JLPT N1
Strokes: 8
Taught in: Secondary school
Frequency: #1526 most common

Readings

On'yomi came with the character from Chinese; kun'yomi is the native Japanese word it was borrowed for. A dot marks where okurigana takes over, a hyphen marks a prefix or suffix position.

On'yomi: たく taku
Kun'yomi: ひら.く hira.ku

Example words for this kanji are being written.

Words that use 拓

A kanji is worth learning for the words it unlocks. These are from the JLPT vocabulary lists.

開拓かいたく reclamation (e.g. of wasteland) JLPT N1