kěn
Traditional: 墾
垦 (kěn) is a Chinese word meaning “to reclaim (land); to cultivate”.
Meanings
- 1to reclaim (land)
- 2to cultivate
Related words
开垦to clear a wild area for cultivation垦荒to open up land (for agriculture)围垦to reclaim land by diking垦殖to open up land for cultivation垦耕to bring under cultivation (scrubland, marshland etc)屯垦to garrison troops to open up land海涂围垦tideland reclamation垦丁Kenting, a national park on the southern tip of Taiwan, popular as a tourist destination (abbr. for 墾丁國家公園|垦丁国家公园[Ken3 ding1 Guo2 jia1 Gong1 yuan2])垦丁国家公园Kenting National Park on the Hengchun Peninsula 恆春半島|恒春半岛[Heng2 chun1 Ban4 dao3], Pingtung county, south Taiwan垦利区Kenli, a district of Dongying City 東營市|东营市[Dong1 ying2 Shi4], Shandong垦利see 墾利區|垦利区[Ken3 li4 Qu1]