せい
西
ぶ
部
かい
開
たく
拓

noun

Messages.hist.
  1. settlement of the American frontier, settlement of the Old West.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
せい
西
ぶ
部
かい
開
たく
拓
 西部開拓 せいぶかいたく

Contained Kanji Breakdown

west, Spain
にし　サイ　セイ (2nd, N5)
high & level, lofty, bald
コツ (Kentei 1)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ　いっ　ひと- (1st, N5)
legs radical (no. 10)
ジン　ニン　がい (Kentei 1)
mouth
くち　コウ　ク (1st, N4)
section, bureau, dept
ブ　ふ　-べ (3rd, N3)
to spit out
トウ
stand up, rise, set up
た.つ　リツ　たつ (1st, N4)
kettle lid radical (no. 8)
トウ (Kentei 1)
grass, straw, herbs
to divide
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ　いっ　ひと- (1st, N5)
mouth
くち　コウ　ク (1st, N4)
open, unfold, unseal
カイ　ひら.く　あ.く (3rd, N4)
gate, counter for cannons
モン　かど　と (2nd, N2)
open, initiate, begin
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ　いっ　ひと- (1st, N5)
twenty, twenty or letter H radical (no. 55)
キョウ　ク　にじゅう (Kentei 1)
clear (the land), open, break up (land)
タク　ひら.く　つ (7th, N1)
hand, hand radical (no. 64)
シュ
stone
いし　セキ　シャク (1st, N3)
left hand, cliff(厂) variant
mouth
くち　コウ　ク (1st, N4)