Kanji

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:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: えんにょう

Meaning: long stride

Strokes: 3

Examples

Examples with audio

築(けんちく)   architecture

設する(けんせつする)   construct

する(さいけんする)   rebuild

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

つ(たつ)   be built [v.i.]

てる(たてる)   build [v.t.]

物(たてもの)   building

前(たてまえ)   public position

二階て(にかいだて)   two-storied building

Onyomi Examples

ケンコク founding of a nation

ケンギ proposition, motion, proposal, suggestion

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

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

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

サイコン (temple or shrine) rebuilding

Kunyomi Examples

てる たてる to build, to construct

たて contract, commitment

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

たつ to be erected, to be built