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The Kanji Map

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Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 4

JLPT level: N4

300 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 9

Meaning: build

Kunyomi: た.てる, た.て, -だ.て, た.つ

Onyomi: ケン, コン

Composition: 聿 廴

建

Radical

Radical: 廴

Reading: えんにょう

Meaning: long stride

Strokes: 3

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Examples

Examples with audio

建築(けんちく)   architecture

建設する(けんせつする)   construct

再建する(さいけんする)   rebuild

建立する(こんりゅうする)   erect (building) [v.t.]

建つ(たつ)   be built [v.i.]

建てる(たてる)   build [v.t.]

建物(たてもの)   building

建前(たてまえ)   public position

二階建て(にかいだて)   two-storied building

Onyomi Examples

建国 (ケンコク) founding of a nation

建議 (ケンギ) proposition, motion, proposal, suggestion

経営再建 (ケイエイサイケン) management reorganization, management reorganisation

財政再建 (ザイセイサイケン) finance reform, fiscal reconstruction

建立 (コンリュウ) (act of) building (temple, monument, etc.), erection

再建 (サイコン) (temple or shrine) rebuilding

Kunyomi Examples

建てる (たてる) to build, to construct

建て (たて) contract, commitment

建前 (たてまえ) face, official stance, public position or attitude (as opposed to private thoughts), ceremony for the erection of the framework of a house

建つ (たつ) to be erected, to be built

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