ChiramiN4 kanji · 9 strokes
建 means build
建
聿 a brush · 廴 long strides
建Memory trick
A brush (聿) drawing the plan, then long strides to build it: to build.
Memory trick: a picture to help you remember the kanji, not its history.
Meaning and readings
- Meaning
- build
- JLPT level
- N4
- Strokes
- 9
- School grade
- Grade 4 in Japan
Japanese (kunyomi) たてる tateru
たてる (tateru) is the Japanese word for this kanji. You use it when the kanji stands alone or has kana after it. Dictionaries call this the kun reading.
Other Japanese readings: たて tate, たつ tatsu
From Chinese (onyomi) ケン ken
ケン (ken) came from Chinese with the character. You mostly hear it in words made of several kanji. Dictionaries call this the on reading.
Other readings from Chinese: コン kon
Tap a reading to see when it's used. Why kanji have two kinds of reading: onyomi vs kunyomi.
Common word
建物 たてもの · tatemono
building
Built from
- 聿 brush
- 廴 long stride
聿 Used in 8 kanji
Quick check
What does 建 mean?
Right: 建 means build.Not quite: 建 means build.In 建物, which reading does 建 use?
Right. 建物 is read たてもの (tatemono): 建 takes たて, its Japanese reading.Not quite. 建物 is read たてもの (tatemono): 建 takes たて, its Japanese reading.