拓

reclaim; clear (the land); open; break up (land)

8 strokes. Jōyō kanji, taught in secondary school. Newspaper frequency rank 1526.

Readings

• タク (on reading): 開拓 (かいたく) reclamation (e.g. of wasteland); 開拓者 (かいたくしゃ) pioneer
• ひらく (kun reading): 荒れ地を拓く (あれちをひらく) to open up unbroken land; 拓く (ひらく) to open (e.g. path)

Components

• 扌
• 石
• 口 radical mouth
• ⺘ radical hand, left-side form of 手
• 石 radical stone

Words using 拓

• 開拓 (かいたく) reclamation (e.g. of wasteland)
• 開拓者 (かいたくしゃ) pioneer
• 干拓 (かんたく) land reclamation (from sea)
• 拓殖大学 (たくしょくだいがく) Takushoku University
• 開拓使 (かいたくし) early-Meiji administrative unit for Hokkaido (1869-1882)
• 荒れ地を拓く (あれちをひらく) to open up unbroken land
• 拓く (ひらく) to open (e.g. path)

28 words in all.

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