拓
clear (the land), open, break up (land)
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
20 of 28- 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
Study
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.