垦 — Chinese character
垦
kěn
to cultivate, to farm; to reclaim
- Pinyin
- kěn
- Radical
- 32 ⼟ (Earth)
- Strokes
- 9
- Components
- 艮 土
- Formation
- pictophonetic — earth; meaning component 土; sound component 艮
- Traditional
- 墾
Common words with 垦
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 开垦 (開墾) | kāi kěn | to clear a wild area for cultivation; to put under the plow |
| 屯垦 (屯墾) | tún kěn | to garrison troops to open up land |
| 垦荒 (墾荒) | kěn huāng | to open up land (for agriculture) |
| 垦殖 (墾殖) | kěn zhí | to open up land for cultivation |
| 围垦 (圍墾) | wéi kěn | to reclaim land by diking |
| 垦耕 (墾耕) | kěn gēng | to bring under cultivation (scrubland, marshland etc) |
| 海涂围垦 (海塗圍墾) | hǎi tú wéi kěn | tideland reclamation |
English words written with 垦
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.