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The character "垦", meaning to cultivate or reclaim land, derives from its traditional form "墾" which combines the component "豸" representing an animal with "土" for earth, an structure that points to the use of beast-drawn tools in preparing soil for farming. Its simplified form "垦" places the component "艮" above "土", where "土" continues to carry the semantic notion of land while "艮" primarily functions as a phonetic element. The character's application has consistently pertained to the act of bringing uncultivated land into agricultural use, with its structural simplification streamlining the graphic form without altering this core meaning.
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农民开垦荒地。
这片土地被开垦了。
政府鼓励开垦农田。
垦荒需要付出很多努力。
他们计划开垦这片山区。
经过多年的开垦，这里变成了良田。
垦殖活动对环境有影响。
在干旱地区开垦土地需要先进的技术。