開拓
かいたく · kaitaku · JLPT N1 · noun
cultivation
🌾 開 open + 拓 clear land = open up new ground, so cultivate it and pioneer it
拓 pairs the hand radical 扌 with 石 (stone) and means to clear or reclaim land. 開拓 literally means opening and clearing land, which gives both the farming sense and the pioneering sense.