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Meaning of 垦

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(Trad.: 墾)
Pinyin: kěn
English Definition: to reclaim (land); to cultivate
Chinese Definition:
①用力翻土:耕垦。
②开辟荒地:农垦。开垦。
Total strokes: 9; Radical:
Pictophonetic: indicates the sound; (earth) conveys the meaning.
Character Formation:
  • Above to below
    • [ gěn ] blunt; tough, chewy
    • [ ] soil, earth; items made of earth
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Example Words
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
屯垦 tún kěn to open up land for cultivation; to garrison troops to open up land
垦殖 kěn zhí to open up land for cultivation
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Example Sentences
1
The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation withdrew its support of the project.
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50
使
But the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation disagrees that 50 years is an advanced age for a dam.
3
For a start, crops could only be harvested at certain times of the year, so arable farming was certainly no substitute for the fast-food culture of meat on demand.
4
西
British Columbia' s Okanagan Valley wineries produce far more ice wine than any other region in the Pacific Northwest.
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98
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Most recently earning second place with its ' 98 vintage in the Walter Hainle Award for Best Icewine at the Okanagan Ice Wine Festival held in January.