建

Meaning

Build, erect · construir, edificar

Readings

• On (音読み): ケン・コン
• Kun (訓読み): た.てる・た.つ

Example words

• 建物（たてもの）— building
• 建てる（たてる）— to build
• 建築（けんちく）— architecture; construction

Structure

Radical 廴 (えんにょう · Long stride) · 9 strokes · school grade 4

Watch out

建てる (transitive, を) / 建つ (intransitive, が). 建てる and 立てる are both たてる: buildings take 建, plans and upright objects take 立 (計画を立てる). Compare 健 (health): same right side with the person radical.