垦
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to reclaim (land); to cultivate
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 土 +6
- Structure
- Top–bottom 上下
- Traditional
- 墾
- Common rank
- #3,073
- Unicode
- U+57A6
Sound it out + =
Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
How to remember it
reclaim · Heisig RSH #2505
silver + 土 soil
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 垦
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 垦丁国家公园 | Kenting National Park on the Hengchun Peninsula 恆春半島|恒春半岛[Heng2 chun1 Ban4 dao3], Pingtung… | |
| 垦利区 | Kenli, a district of Dongying City 東營市|东营市[Dong1 ying2 Shi4], Shandong | |
| 海涂围垦 | tideland reclamation | |
| 垦利 | see 墾利區|垦利区[Ken3 li4 Qu1] | |
| 开垦 | to clear a wild area for cultivation; to put under the plow | |
| 垦丁 | Kenting, a national park on the southern tip of Taiwan, popular as a tourist destination (… | |
| 围垦 | to reclaim land by diking | |
| 垦荒 | to open up land (for agriculture) | |
| 垦殖 | to open up land for cultivation | |
| 垦耕 | to bring under cultivation (scrubland, marshland etc) | |
| 屯垦 | to garrison troops to open up land |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 艮 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 艮 sound part | blunt; tough, chewy | |
| 眼 | eyelet, hole, opening | |
| 根 | root, basis, foundation | |
| 银 | silver; cash, money, wealth | |
| 退 | to retreat, to step back, to withdraw | |
| 限 | boundary, limit, line | |
| 恨 | to dislike, to hate, to resent | |
| 跟 | heel; to accompany, to follow; with | |
| 痕 | scar, mark; vestige, trace | |
| 龈 | gums | |
| 狠 | vicious, fierce, cruel | |
| 恳 | sincere, earnest, cordial | |
| 垠 | boundary, river bank | |
| 哏 | the clamor of an argument; funny; odd | |
| 很 | very, quite, much | |
| 茛 | ranunculus | |
| 裉 | a garment seam |