Kanji 建: "build"

Stroke order

Strokes are written in the order of the numbers. The order is not decorative: it is what gives the character its balance, and it is also how handwriting search works in Japanese dictionaries.

Readings

In a kun'yomi reading, the dot separates the kanji from its okurigana: かた.る is read かたる and written 語る. A hyphen marks a bound position, like -び in 日.

At a glance

Common words with 建

The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.

• 建たて物ものbuilding
• 建たてるto build; to construct
• 建たつto be erected; to be built
• 建けん設せつconstruction; establishment
• 建けん築ちくconstruction; architecture (of buildings)
• 建たて前まえface; official stance; public position or attitude (as opposed to private thoughts) · ceremony for the erection of the framework of a house
• 建けん造ぞう物ぶつstructure; building
• 再さい建けんrebuilding; reconstruction; rehabilitation · protoform reconstruction
• 建けん国こくfounding of a nation
• 建けん造ぞうbuilding; construction
• 二に階かい建だてtwo-storied building
• 建けん築ちく物ぶつbuilding; structure

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