建

jiàn

to establish; to found; to set up; to build; to construct

Radical: 廴 HSK 3 v pictophonetic

Components & Etymology

建 decomposes into the following components:

廴 聿

Semantic component: 廴; phonetic component: 聿.

Words containing 建

Common multi-character words and phrases that include 建.

修建
xiū jiàn
兴建
xīng jiàn
内建
nèi jiàn
再建
zài jiàn
创建
chuàng jiàn
团建
tuán jiàn
土建
tǔ jiàn
在建
zài jiàn
基建
jī jiàn
大建
dà jiàn
始建
shǐ jiàn
封建
fēng jiàn

Related characters (radical 廴)

Characters that share the radical 廴.

㢟 廴 延 廷

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