kěn
cultivate
Phonosemantic compound. 土 represents the meaning and 艮 represents the sound. Simplified form of 墾.
Evolution
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)Traditional script
ModernSimplified script
ModernMost common words with 垦
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
to put under the plow | ||
to cultivate | ||
to open up land (for agriculture) | ||
to open up land for cultivation | ||
to reclaim land by diking |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
3038th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 9 |
Traditional | |
Unicode | U+57A6 |
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