Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high
JLPT level: N1
1526 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke count: 8
Meaning: clear (the land), open, break up (land)
Kunyomi: ひら.く
Onyomi: タク
Composition: 扌 石
Radical: 手
Meaning: hand
拓銀 （タクギン） Takushoku Bank
拓殖 （タクショク） colonization, colonisation, development, settlement, exploitation
干拓 （カンタク） land reclamation (from sea)
未開拓 （ミカイタク） undeveloped (area), unexplored (field of study), wild (areas), untapped area
拓く （ひらく） to open (e.g. path), to clear (the way), to break up (e.g. land)