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Kanji

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

拓

Radical

Radical: 手

Meaning: hand

Reading: て

Frequency: 1,203

Alternative forms:

扌(alt radical position hen)龵

手

Examples

Onyomi Examples

拓殖 (タクショク) colonization, colonisation, development, settlement, exploitation

拓銀 (タクギン) Takushoku Bank

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

Kunyomi Examples

拓く (ひらく) to open (e.g. path), to clear (the way), to break up (e.g. land)

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