部
Components

建 means 'build'

Animation / stroke order not available.
CHALLENGE
BUILD
DRAW
MATCH
KEYWORDS
LOG IN to view this kanji's mnemonic
Strokes : 9    Frequency: 377   JLPT: N4    Usefulness: 2    Study set: 2-7    Grade: 4   Intermediate lesson: 12    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 101 words   Used in 190 words   Used in 484 names   Component in 10 kanji (2 Jōyō)
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
On
   ケン   コン
Kun
   たつ to be built   たてる to build
Additional readings
Kun    たて   -だて
Name    たけ   たつ   たて
Components
⿺  廴 long stride  聿 writing brush  
Explore these components visually on The Kanji Map ⇗
Mastery
LOG IN to view kanji mastery data
Flashcards
LOG IN to view your flashcards
Most useful words by reading
In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 建 is used 12 times, read 4 ways (with 1 variation).
Across all words in Japanese, 建 is used 186 times, read 4 ways (with 5 variations).
Showing:
ケン : 115 words FIND ALL
け ん せ つ 0
construction; establishment
(click the word for examples and links)
コン : 2 words FIND ALL
こ ん り ゅ う 0
(act of) building (temple, monument, etc.); erection
(click the word to view an additional 1 reading, examples and links)
ケン (read as げん) : 1 word FIND ALL
noun
office setup; office establishment  (computer terminology)
(click the word for examples and links)
たつ (read as だ) : 22 words FIND ALL
に か い だ て 0
noun
two-storied building
(click the word to view an additional 2 forms, examples and links)
たてる (read as たて) : 18 words FIND ALL
た て も の 2 た て も の 3
noun
building
(click the word for examples and links)
たつ : 18 words FIND ALL
た つ 1
Most common form: たつ
'tsu' godan verb, intransitive verb
to be erected; to be built
(click the word for examples and links)
たつ (read as たっ) : 1 word FIND ALL
た っ ぱ 0
noun
1. height (of a building, etc.)  (architecture term)
2. height (of a person, thing, etc.)  (often written with kana only)
(click the word to view an additional 4 forms, examples and links)
だつ: 3 words. FIND ALL
う だ つ が あ が ら な い 0
Most common form: うだつが上がらない
expression, 'i' adjective
no hope of getting ahead  (see also: うだつの上がらない)
(click the word to view an additional 2 forms, examples and links)
だて: 6 words. FIND ALL
half-erect (e.g. building)
(click the word to view an additional 1 form, examples and links)
An additional 4 less common words include 建 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
Quick links
QUICK SEARCH WORD SEARCH KANJI SEARCH COMPONENT SEARCH Find kanji that refer to 建
More information
Wiktionary ⇗ | Unicode.org ⇗ | Google Japan ⇗ | Hanziyuan etymology ⇗
Additional data
Henshall: 498 (originally: 473)  Joy o' Kanji : 473  Key to Kanji: 273 

Cascading kanji view

建
ケン   コン   たつ to be built   たてる to build   
Please LOG IN to view this kanji's mnemonic
廴
long stride
聿
writing brush
Please LOG IN to view this kanji's mnemonic
Problem with this kanji? Question or comment? Please CONTACT US.
Kanshudo is your AI Japanese tutor, and your constant companion on the road to mastery of the Japanese language. To get started learning Japanese, just follow the study recommendations on your Dashboard. You can use Quick search (accessible using the icon at the top of every page) to look up any Japanese word, kanji or grammar point, as well as to find anything on Kanshudo quickly. For an overview, take the tour.
Search results include information from a variety of sources, including Kanshudo (kanji mnemonics, kanji readings, kanji components, vocab and name frequency data, grammar points, examples), JMdict (vocabulary), Tatoeba (examples), Enamdict (names), KanjiVG (kanji animations and stroke order), and Joy o' Kanji (kanji and radical synopses). Translations provided by Google's Neural Machine Translation engine. For more information see credits.
×