懂中文 Dong Chinese

墾

kěn

cultivate

Components
貇 sound component

貇  Sound component

kūn

  

to root

土 meaning component

土  Meaning component

tǔ

  

earth

earth

Evolution

墾 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
墾 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

垦 (墾) 

kěn

cultivate, reclaim, to farm land; to reclaim (land); to cultivate

Most common words with 墾
Freq.
Word
Meaning

开垦

to put under the plow

垦

to cultivate

垦荒

to open up land (for agriculture)

垦殖

to open up land for cultivation

围垦

to reclaim land by diking