建 — build

たてる建 build

Grade 4 Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 9 strokes

U+5EFA Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #300 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #417 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

build

word

た ta Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

建(た) てる tateru to build 建(た) て tate building 建(た) つ tatsu to be built

けん ken On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

建(けん) ken building 建(けん) 国(こく) kenkoku founding of a nation 建(けん) 築(ちく) kenchiku architecture 建(けん) 設(せつ) kensetsu construction 再(さい) 建(けん) saiken rebuilding 建(けん) 造(ぞう) kenzou construction 建(けん) 設(せつ) 省(しょう) kensetsushou Ministry of Construction 封(ほう) 建(けん) houken feudalism

たて tate Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

建(たて) 物(もの) tatemono building 建(たて) 前(まえ) tatemae public stance

Stroke order

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Composed of

聿 brush

廴 long stride

Used as component in (2)

けん健 healthy かぎ鍵 key

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

#54 廴 long stride