kěn

common
verb

Meaning of

垦 means turn over soil; cultivate land. Pronounced kěn.

  • turn over soil; cultivate land

Character Info

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Definitions & Examples

Nóng
mín
men
zhèng
zài
kěn
zhòng
 

The farmers are turning over soil and sowing seeds.

men
huà
zài
zhè
piàn
huāng
shān
shàng
kěn
huāng
zào
lín
 

They plan to reclaim this barren mountain wasteland and plant trees.

Zhè
jiā
nóng
chǎng
tōng
guò
kěn
zhí
shā
biān
yuán
biàn
chéng
le
liáng
tián
 

This farm turned the edge of the desert into fertile farmland through land reclamation.

bèi
men
dāng
nián
kěn
huāng
shí
jīng
le
hěn
duō
jiān
xīn
 

Our ancestors endured many hardships when they reclaimed the wasteland back then.

Zhè
de
rǎng
pín
 
hěn
nán
kěn
zhí
zhòng
zhí
 

The soil here is infertile, making it very difficult to cultivate and grow crops.