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
to build
兴建
xīng jiàn
to build
内建
nèi jiàn
built-in
再建
zài jiàn
reconstruction
创建
chuàng jiàn
to found
团建
tuán jiàn
土建
tǔ jiàn
civil engineering
在建
zài jiàn
基建
jī jiàn
capital construction (project)
大建
dà jiàn
始建
shǐ jiàn
to start building
封建
fēng jiàn
system of enfeoffment

Related characters (radical 廴)

Characters that share the radical 廴.

㢟 廴 延 廷

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