Kanji

拓

拓

clear (the land), open, break up (land)

Kanji

Grade

Grade 8

Strokes

8 strokes

Radical

扌部

On'yomi (Chinese Reading)

タク

Kun'yomi (Japanese Reading)

ひらく

Nanori (Name Reading)

ひら, ひらく, ひろ, ひろし

Common Readings

タク

Example sentences

開拓 かいたく
彼は新しい市場を開拓するために海外へ渡った。

He went abroad to open up a new market.

販路 はんろ
新しい製品の販路を開拓する。

We open up new sales channels for our products.

切り拓く きりひらく
彼らは自らの力で未来を切り拓いた。

They carved out their own future with their own strength.

残羹冷炙 ざんこうれいしゃ
他人の残羹冷炙に甘んじることなく、自らの力で新しい道を切り拓くべきだ。

Instead of settling for being dependent on others, you should open a new path with your own strength.

魚拓 ぎょたく
釣った大物の魚拓をとった。

I made a fish print of the big catch.

Example Vocabulary

開拓

かいたく

reclamation; pioneering; opening up (a market)

拓く

ひらく

切り拓く

きりひらく

to clear (land), to open up, to carve out (a future)

開拓者

かいたくしゃ

未開拓

みかいたく

開拓地

かいたくち

道を拓く

みちをひらく

魚拓

ぎょたく

fish print; gyotaku

未開拓地

みかいたくち

干拓

かんたく

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