EntryCommonJLPT N1WaniKani 49
  1. Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb

    reclamation (e.g. of wasteland); cultivation; development

    新たな入植者達がその広大な荒野を開拓した。
    The newcomers cultivated the immense wilderness.
  2. pioneering; opening up (e.g. of a new market); breaking new ground; trailblazing

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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

open, unfold, unseal

Kun
ひら.くひら.き-びら.きひら.けるあ.くあ.ける
On
カイ
Strokes
12
Taught
Grade 3
JLPT
N4
Frequency
59 of 2500
Radical
gate
WaniKani
Level 10

Built from

Used in names as

はるひらき

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
3-8-4SKIP code
8e4.6The Kanji Dictionary
7744.1Four corner code
3855deroo
958bUnicode hex code
1-19-11JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4950Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
6393New Nelson (John Haig)
3321New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4121Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2092Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2835Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1622Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1750Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
80A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1821Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
550Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
41233Morohashi
241A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
396Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
400Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
171sakade
270Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
261henshall3
391Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
290crowley
215Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.13busy_people
1840Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1636Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
kai1Pinyin reading
gaeKorean reading
n4JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
10WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

clear (the land), open, break up (land)

Kun
ひら.く
On
タク
Strokes
8
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N1
Frequency
1526 of 2500
Radical
hand
WaniKani
Level 49

Built from

Used in names as

ひろ

Dictionary and index codes (30)
CodeReference
1-3-5SKIP code
3c5.1The Kanji Dictionary
5106.0Four corner code
1377deroo
62d3Unicode hex code
1-34-83JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1873Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2115New Nelson (John Haig)
317New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
375Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
237Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
282Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
651Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
703Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1415A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
586Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1780Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
11958Morohashi
1554A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1833Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1983Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1349Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1181Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1263Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
876Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
658Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
tuo4, ta4Pinyin reading
cheog, tagKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
49WaniKani level