建

建 — build

JLPT: JLPT N4
Strokes: 9
Taught in: School year 4
Frequency: #300 most common

Readings

On'yomi came with the character from Chinese; kun'yomi is the native Japanese word it was borrowed for. A dot marks where okurigana takes over, a hyphen marks a prefix or suffix position.

On'yomi: けん ken

こん kon
Kun'yomi: た.てる ta.teru

た.て ta.te

-だ.て -da.te

た.つ ta.tsu

Example words for this kanji are being written.

Words that use 建

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