Godan verb, transitive verb

  1. to cut open.
  2. to clear (land), to cut (a path, road, etc.), to open, to cut one's way through (e.g. a jungle).
  3. to carve out (a new career, future, etc.), to open up (a new field).

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
 
 
切り開く きりひらく
 
 
切り拓く きりひらく
 
 
 
 
切りひらく きりひらく
 
 
 
きり拓く きりひらく
 
切開く きりひらく
 
 
切り墾く きりひらく

Contained Kanji Breakdown

cut, cutoff, be sharp
き.る セツ サイ (2nd, N4)
seven
なな シチ なの (1st, N5)
sword, saber, knife
かたな トウ ち (2nd, N1)
open, unfold, unseal
カイ ひら.く あ.く (3rd, N4)
gate, counter for cannons
モン かど と (2nd, N2)
open, initiate, begin
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
twenty, twenty or letter H radical (no. 55)
キョウ ク にじゅう (Kentei 1)