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Kanji Detail for 建 - "to build"

建

  • Meaning

    建 means "to build." Also associated with to establish, to propose.

    1. Build - To construct; to erect.

    2. Establish - To found; to set up.

    3. Propose - To suggest; to put forward.

  • Words using 建

    • 建設 けんせつ Listen construction; establishment
    • 再建 さいけん Listen rebuilding; reconstruction; rehabilitation
    • 建物 たてもの Listen building
    • 建築 けんちく Listen construction; architecture (of buildings)
    • 建設省 けんせつしょう Listen Ministry of Construction
    • 二階建て にかいだて Listen two-storied building
    • 建前 たてまえ Listen face; official stance; public position or attitude (as opposed to private thoughts)
    • 建国 けんこく Listen founding of a nation

  • Tattoo check: 建

    • Verified meaning: to build
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read けん, けんじ, けんしょう, けんそう)
    • Also carries these associations: to establish, to propose

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 建

    Given names 建(けん)Listen 建(たかし)Listen 建(たけし)Listen 建(たけび)Listen 建(たける)Listen 建(たつ)Listen 建(たつの)Listen 建(たつる)Listen

    Surnames 建(けんじ)Listen 建(けんしょう)Listen 建(けんそう)Listen 建(たち)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    build

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    build, establish, erect, found

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to establish; to found; to set up; to build; to construct

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to build, to erect; to establish, to found

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    To establish; to set up. Such as creating everything called 建設, 建樹. | Where the Dipper handle points is called 建. The first lunar month is called 建寅; the second month 建卯. Meaning the twelve branches the Dipper handle rotates to point at. Hence called 月建. A long month is 大建; a short month is 小建. | Abbreviation for Fujian Province. Such as 建蘭 (Fujian orchid), 建蓮 (Fujian lotus).

  • Onyomi

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    ken(ケン) ケン

    kon(コン) コン

  • Kunyomi

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    da.te(だ-て) だ-て

    ta.teru(た-てる) た-てる

    ta.tsu(たつ) たつ

    tate(たて) たて

  • Strokes

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    9 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    廴 (ennyo・innyo)

  • Related Keywords

    build establish propose construct create erect found architecture framework infrastructure development formation assemble set up

Sentences including 建

  • That is a high building , is it not?

  • Please wait for me at the entrance of the building.

  • The building on the hill is our school.

  • This old building has seen better days.

  • A lot of construction is going on these days.

  • The building was still there in my time.

  • Five years have been spent building the new building.

  • What's that big building ahead of us?

  • Linda came into the building.

  • It's the highest building in this city.

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