Memory phrase for the Kanji: 垦

垦

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Meaning to cultivate, to reclaim (land)

Pronunciation

kěn

Explanation

Top: 'not good' 艮 ('good' would be 良, but here the accent 丶 is missing, thus 'not good'), bottom: earth 土

Mnemonic
 
A 'not-good' earth needs to be: cultivated.

Radicals

艮 not goodThis 良 is the character for "good", but since the accent is missing it is understood as "not good". verstanden.
土 earth, ground
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 Vocabulary

 开垦  kāi kěn  to clear a wild area for cultivation; to put under the plow
 垦荒  kěn huāng  to open up land (for agriculture)
 围垦  wéi kěn  to reclaim land by diking
 围垦  wéi kěn  

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