建 — 9 strokes ／ Radical「廴」
道7Elementary year 4 ／ 9 strokes ／ Radical「廴」
- On
- ケン・コンけん・こん · ken · kon
- Kun
- た(てる)・た(つ)ta(teru) · ta(tsu)
- Meaning
- build, construct, establish
Stroke order
Origin
A brush drawing plans (聿) plus 廴 (extend); to lay out plans and build.
Readings and examples
| Onケンけんken | 建築けんちく建議けんぎ封建的ほうけんてき |
|---|---|
| Onコンこんkon | 建立こんりゅう |
| Kunたてるtateru | 建てるたてる建物たてもの二階建てにかいだて Compare: 立てる |
| Kunたつtatsu | 建つたつ一戸建ちいちこたち Compare: 立つ |
Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.
Compounds
- 建物たてもの
building
- 建設けんせつ
construction
- 建築けんちく
- 建坪たてつぼ
Example
駅の前に新しいビルを建てます。
They will build a new building in front of the station.
Nearby characters
The line style shows how they connect
CompoundRadicalReading
Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)