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kěn

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kěn Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
kěn | ken3
English translation
to cultivate, to farm; to reclaim

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About kěn

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Number of strokes

9

Traditional form

kěn

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

earth

Etymology of kěn

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

艮土

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

gěn

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and gěn represents the sound. Simplified form of kěn .

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Example sentences using kěn

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它会出钱 chū qián 农民 nóngmín 开垦 kāi kěn 这块低矮 dī aǐ 丛林 cóng lín lái 种植 zhòngzhí 麦子 mài zi

It would pay farmers to plough up the scrub and plant wheat.

Words with kěn

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
开垦 kāi kěn to put under the plow開墾
kěn to cultivate kěn
垦荒 kěn huāng to open up land (for agriculture)墾荒
垦殖 kěn zhí to open up land for cultivation墾殖
围垦 wéi kěn to reclaim land by diking圍墾
屯垦 tún kěn to open up land for cultivation屯墾
垦利县 Kěn lì xiàn Kenli county in Dongying 東營|东营 Dōng yíng [Dōng​yíng], Shandong墾利縣
垦利 Kěn lì Kenli county in Dongying 東營|东营 Dōng yíng [Dōng​yíng], Shandong墾利

kěn Decomposition & Compounds

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