Japanese Symbols

Japanese Kanji

墾

kon

ground-breaking · open up farmland

Secondary school · JLPT N1 · 16 strokes

Readings

  • ONコンkon
  • KUNは.るha
  • KUNひら.くhira

Meaning

Ground-breaking, open up farmland.

Stroke order

Stroke order for 墾

墾 is part of the secondary school jōyō kanji — the full set of characters used in everyday Japanese. In the JLPT proficiency test it appears at N1 (advanced) level. With 16 strokes, this character appears in numerous compound words throughout written Japanese.

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