垦 kěn to cultivate
to cultivate; to farm; to reclaim
How to remember 垦: 艮 halt + 土 earth = to cultivate. My grandpa refuses to sell the rocky earth behind his house and, at eighty, never calls a halt, still going out each spring to cultivate.
Component breakdown
垦 = 艮 halt + 土 earth
- 艮 halt
- 土 earth
My grandpa refuses to sell the rocky earth behind his house and, at eighty, never calls a halt, still going out each spring to cultivate.
How it is used
- To reclaim and cultivate wild land: 开垦 (kāikěn) bring land under the plow, 垦荒 (kěnhuāng) reclaim wasteland.
- Bound; specific to opening up new farmland.