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The kanji 建: meaning, readings and stroke order
建
- Meaning
- build
- On reading
- ケン ken、コン* kon
- Kun reading
- た（てる） tateru、た（つ） tatsu
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 廴 long stride
- Level
- Level 4 · grade 4
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- xây dựng (kiến)
- Japanese
- たてる。
- Korean
- 짓다, 세우다 (건)
- Chinese
- 建造
Readings, words and example sentences
ケン ken · on reading · less common
建国
founding of a country
建国の 話を 習います。
We learn the story of how the country began.
た（てる） tateru · kun reading
建てる
to build
新しい 家を 建てます。
We build a new house.
た（つ） tatsu · kun reading
建つ
to be built, to go up
駅の 前に 高い ビルが 建ちました。
A tall building went up in front of the station.
* marks a less common reading, usually learnt from junior high on.
Practise writing 建 in the app
In Dino Kids your child writes 建 with a finger and every stroke is checked, then takes the Level 4 practice test. Free, no ads, no in-app purchases.
Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.