Memory phrase for the character: 墾

墾

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Meaning

ground-breaking cultivate, open up farmland

Pronunciation

KON

Explanation

 Left: var. of wild animal 犭, right: not good 艮 ('good' would be 良, but here the accent 丶 is missing, thus 'not good'), earth 土

Mnemonic
 
Wild animals with horns are not good on a ground that shall be cultivated.

Radicals

犭 (wild) animalThe radical kemono shows a dog on the hind legs.
艮 not goodThis radical 艮 is similar to good: 良. But one stroke is missing and thus it becomes: "not good"
土 earthground, soil




 Vocabulary

墾田 こんでん  new rice field

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