Keyword
clear the way
- clear (the land)
- open
- break up (land)
- Frequency
- #1526
- Strokes
- 8
- Grade
- 8
- JLPT (old)
- N1
- Heisig
- 703
Readings
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Mnemonic
A left hand shoves a stone aside to clear the way for the wagon.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
開拓
reclamation (e.g. of wasteland); cultivation; development; pioneering; opening up (e.g. of a new market); breaking new ground; trailblazing
Noun
切り拓く
to cut open; to clear (land); to cut (a path, road, etc.); to open; to cut one's way through (e.g. a jungle); to carve out (a new career, future, etc.); to open up (a new field)
Godan verb