开垦 meaning in English

kāikěn

to clear a wild area for cultivation; to put under the plow

HSK 7-9verbTraditional 開墾13 strokes

Meaning of 开垦

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

kāikěn
  1. to clear a wild area for cultivation
  2. to put under the plow

Stroke order for each character

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开 kāi · to open · 4 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4

垦 kěn · to cultivate · 9 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7
  8. 8
  9. 9

Related words

Words that share a character with 开垦.

打开dǎkāito open; to show (a ticket)
开玩笑kāi wánxiàoto play a joke; to make fun of; to joke
开车kāichēto drive a car (or train etc); (slang) to post sexual content online; to make a sexual jok
开会kāihuìto hold or attend a meeting
离开líkāito depart; to leave
开心kāixīnto feel happy; to rejoice
走开zǒukāito leave; to walk away; to beat it; to move aside
分开fēnkāito separate; to part
开学kāixué(of a student) to start school; (of a semester) to begin
开机kāijīto start an engine; to boot up (a computer)
开始kāishǐto begin; to start; beginning; start
公开gōngkāiopen; overt; public; to make public; to release

Questions about 开垦

What does 开垦 mean?

开垦 (kāikěn) means "to clear a wild area for cultivation; to put under the plow" and is used as a verb.

How do you write 开垦?

开垦 is made of 2 characters: 开 (4 strokes), 垦 (9 strokes). That is 13 strokes in total.

Is 开垦 an HSK word?

Yes. 开垦 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 开垦 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 开垦 is written 開墾.