建
KANJI DETAIL
build
On readingけん, こん9 strokesN2
Radical 廴 · long strideStroke order
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Japanese readings
- On reading
- けん, こん
- Kun reading
- たてる, たつ
Study notes
1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning
- Structure: 建 has 9 strokes, the on-readings けん and こん, and the kun-readings たてる and たつ. It concerns constructing a building or a building coming into existence.
- Basic usage: 建てる (たてる) means to build something; 建つ (たつ) means for a building to be built or come to stand.
2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions
- Building something and a building taking shape
- 家を建てた means built a house and focuses on the parents' action in the example. 図書館が建つ予定だ states that a library is planned to be built.
- 家が建つまで一年かかった means that it took a year for the house to be built. 建つまで marks the period leading up to completion.