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Kotomora

拓

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

JLPTN1StatusJōyō · secondary schoolFrequencyTop 2,000Strokes8

Readings

On'yomi

  • タク

Kun'yomi

  • ひら.く

Nanori

  • つ
  • ひろ

Meaning

拓 centers on opening up or clearing land for use: breaking up ground, clearing obstacles, and making space for new development.

Most common words using 拓

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  • 開拓かいたく
    N1

    reclamation (e.g. of wasteland); cultivation; development

  • 拓くひらく

    to open (e.g. path); to clear (the way); to break up (e.g. land)

  • 魚拓ぎょたく

    ink rubbing of a fish; (making a) fish print; (taking a) fish impression; gyotaku

  • 干拓かんたく

    land reclamation (from sea)

  • 拓殖大学たくしょくだいがく

    Takushoku University

  • 拓大たくだい

    Takushoku University (abbr)

  • 拓本たくほん

    rubbing; rubbed copy

  • 拓殖たくしょく

    colonization; colonisation; development; settlement; exploitation

  • 開拓者かいたくしゃ

    pioneer; settler; colonist

  • 未開拓みかいたく

    undeveloped (area); unexplored (field of study); wild (areas); untapped area

  • カタンの開拓者たちカタンのかいたくしゃたち

    Catan (board game); The Settlers of Catan; Settlers

  • 北海道拓殖銀行ほっかいどうたくしょくぎんこう

    Hokkaido Takushoku Bank, Limited

  • 女拓にょたく

    (making a) print with a female body

  • 市場開拓しじょうかいたく

    market development

  • 干拓地かんたくち

    reclaimed land

  • 拓殖銀行たくしょくぎんこう

    Takushoku Bank

  • 拓銀たくぎん

    Takushoku Bank (abbr)

  • 未開拓地みかいたくち

    undeveloped area

  • 活路開拓かつろかいたく

    developing a way or means

  • 湿拓しったく

    wet rubbing; ink rubbing technique using moistened paper

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Etymology

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.

Meaning mnemonic

A hand 扌 holding a stone 石 to break up hard ground and clear the land for planting.

Reading mnemonic

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.