建 – build

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The kanji 建 means build. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ケン、コン (ken, kon); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is た.てる、た.て、-だ.て、た.つ (tateru, tate, date, tatsu). It is written with 9 strokes, under radical 廴 (no. 54).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ケン	ken
On’yomi	コン	kon
Kun’yomi	た.てる	tateru
Kun’yomi	た.て	tate
Kun’yomi	-だ.て	date
Kun’yomi	た.つ	tatsu

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 廴 (Kangxi radical 54). Components: 廴・聿.

Words using 建

建物たてものbuilding建てるたてるto build建てだてindicates storeys, structures, or materials used in a building建設けんせつconstruction建築けんちくconstruction建つたつto be erected再建さいけんrebuilding建前たてまえface封建ほうけんfeudalism

Example sentences

あそこの建物が燃えているに違いない。

That building must be on fire.

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この寺院は７８０年に建てられた。

This temple dates back to 780.

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その金は体育館の建設に当てられた。

The money was appropriated for building the gymnasium.

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Kanji with the same radical

延廷

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