こうかく

also: ぎょうかく

Meanings

1

noun, na-adjective, taru-adjective, adverb taking the 'to' particle

stony, barren land

usually written using kana alone

Literary or archaic term for land that is stony and infertile; rarely used in everyday conversation. Often appears in classical or poetic contexts.

その地ちはこうかくとして作さく物もつが育そだたなかった。
The land was stony and barren, and crops would not grow.
古こ典てんには「磽こう确かくたる土と地ち」という表ひょう現げんが見みられる。
In classical literature, one finds the expression 'stony, barren land'.