垦
kěn HSK7

cultivate

Phonosemantic compound. 土 represents the meaning and 艮 represents the sound. Simplified form of 墾.

Components

土
土 Meaning component
tǔ earth
艮
艮 Sound component
gěn, gèn, hén blunt

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

墾 kěn cultivate Traditional

Components

貇
貇 Sound component
kūn, mào, kěn to root
土
土 Meaning component
tǔ earth

earth

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangkʰɯːnʔ

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica