noun, takes する, transitive verb

  1. cultivating new land, clearing, reclamation.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
開墾 かいこん

Contained Kanji Breakdown

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)
ground-breaking, open up farmland, to gnaw
コン は.る ひら.く (8th, N1)
to gnaw, bite, chew
コン ケン か.む
snake, legless insect, badger or clawed dog radical (no. 153)
タイ チ (Kentei 1)
northeast (Oriental zodiac), stopping, good radical (no. 138)
うしとら コン (Kentei Pre-1)
day, sun, Japan
ひ にっ ニチ (1st, N5)
garment, clothes, dressing
イ ころも きぬ (4th, N2)
kettle lid radical (no. 8)
トウ (Kentei 1)
garment(衣) variant
soil, earth, ground
ド つち は (1st, N5)