垦
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to reclaim (land); to cultivate
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Dict coverage rank #3,073 U+57A6
How 垦 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
土 (semantic, “earth”) + 艮 (phonetic, gèn)
How to remember it
reclaim · Heisig RSH #2505
silver + 土 soil
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 艮
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 艮 (gèn) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 艮 sound component | gèn | blunt; tough, chewy |
| 眼 | yǎn | eyelet, hole, opening |
| 根 | gēn | root, basis, foundation |
| 银 | yín | silver; cash, money, wealth |
| 退 | tuì | to retreat, to step back, to withdraw |
| 限 | xiàn | boundary, limit, line |
| 恨 | hèn | to dislike, to hate, to resent |
| 跟 | gēn | heel; to accompany, to follow; with |
| 痕 | hén | scar, mark; vestige, trace |
| 龈 | yín | gums |
| 狠 | hěn | vicious, fierce, cruel |
| 恳 | kěn | sincere, earnest, cordial |
| 垠 | yín | boundary, river bank |
| 哏 | gén | the clamor of an argument; funny; odd |
| 很 | hěn | very, quite, much |
| 茛 | gèn | ranunculus |
| 裉 | kèn | a garment seam |
Words containing 垦
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 垦丁国家公园 | Kěn dīng Guó jiā Gōng yuán | Kenting National Park on the Hengchun Peninsula 恆春半島|恒春半岛[Heng2 chun1 Ban4 dao3], Pingtung… |
| 垦利区 | Kěn lì Qū | Kenli, a district of Dongying City 東營市|东营市[Dong1 ying2 Shi4], Shandong |
| 海涂围垦 | hǎi tú wéi kěn | tideland reclamation |
| 垦利 | Kěn lì | see 墾利區|垦利区[Ken3 li4 Qu1] |
| 开垦 | kāi kěn | to clear a wild area for cultivation; to put under the plow |
| 垦丁 | Kěn dīng | Kenting, a national park on the southern tip of Taiwan, popular as a tourist destination (… |
| 围垦 | wéi kěn | to reclaim land by diking |
| 垦荒 | kěn huāng | to open up land (for agriculture) |
| 垦殖 | kěn zhí | to open up land for cultivation |
| 垦耕 | kěn gēng | to bring under cultivation (scrubland, marshland etc) |
| 屯垦 | tún kěn | to garrison troops to open up land |