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建

jiàn

build

Depicts a hand setting up a wooden post (聿) at the corner of a building site (𠃊).

Components
聿 iconic component

聿  Iconic component

yù

  

writing brush

Depicts a hand setting up a post.

𠃊 iconic component

𠃊  Iconic component

yǐn

  

hidden area

Depicts the corner of a building site. Modern form looks like 廴.

Evolution

建 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
建 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
建 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
建 Clerical script Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)

Clerical script

Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)
建 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

建  

jiàn

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

Most common words with 建
Freq.
Word
Meaning

建议

to propose

建设

to build

建立

to establish

建筑

to construct

建

to found

Component uses

Sound component in 8 characters (3 verified)

健 鍵 键 腱 犍 毽 踺 楗

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[k]a[n]-s

kjonH

jiàn

set up, establish


Statistics

HSK level 3

Appears in 62.1656% of movies

650th most common character in movies

244th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

8

Unicode

U+5EFA

Shuowen

“建，立朝律也。从聿，从廴。”


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