# 拓 — clear land

拓 means “clear land”. It is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 8 strokes. On'yomi: タク (taku). It has no common kun'yomi.

- Meaning: clear land
- On'yomi: タク (taku)
- Kun'yomi: —
- Strokes: 8
- Level: JLPT N1 · set Land & places 2

## How to remember 拓

Parts: 扌 hand · 石 stone

## Don't confuse it with

[石](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/stone/) · [岩](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/rock/) · [招](https://moji.ninja/n2-kanji/invite/) · [哲](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/philosophy/)

## More in the “Land & places 2” set

[穴](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/hole/) · [丘](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/knoll/) · [壌](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/soil/) · [緯](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/latitude/) · [亜](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/asia/) · [涯](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/far-shore/) · [拓](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/clear-land/) · [漠](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/desert/) · [洞](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/cave/)

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From Moji Ninja (https://moji.ninja/), a free app for learning hiragana, katakana and the JLPT kanji from N5 to N1 with spaced repetition. Page: https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/clear-land/. Last updated 2026-11-01.