clear (the land), open, break up (land)
拓 centers on opening up or clearing land for use: breaking up ground, clearing obstacles, and making space for new development.
拓 combines 扌 (hand) with 石 (stone), suggesting a hand using a stone tool to clear or break up land. The exact historical development is uncertain, but the component combination fits the meaning.
A hand 扌 holding a stone 石 to break up hard ground and clear the land for planting.
For タク, imagine clearing land with a tack hammer: tack -> タク, and the hand uses the stone tool to break up the soil.
reclamation (e.g. of wasteland); cultivation; development
to open (e.g. path); to clear (the way); to break up (e.g. land)
ink rubbing of a fish; (making a) fish print; (taking a) fish impression; gyotaku
land reclamation (from sea)
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rubbing; rubbed copy
Catan (board game); The Settlers of Catan; Settlers
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(making a) print with a female body
market development
reclaimed land
colonization; colonisation; development; settlement; exploitation
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undeveloped (area); unexplored (field of study); wild (areas); untapped area
undeveloped area
developing a way or means
wet rubbing; ink rubbing technique using moistened paper
Japanese colonists of Manchuria and Inner Mongolia