建 jiàn
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 廴 — to walk, to go
- Made of
- 廴 to walk, to go 聿 writing brush, pencil
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
建
jiàn
to build
Character
Example phrases
- 我想建房子。 Wǒ xiǎng jiàn fángzi. I want to build a house.
- 他们建学校。 Tāmen jiàn xuéxiào. They build a school.
- 这里建公园。 Zhèlǐ jiàn gōngyuán. They build a park here.
Related words
- 建成 jiànchéng to finish building
- 建立 jiànlì to set up; to establish
- 建设 jiànshè to build; construction
- 建议 jiànyì suggestion; to suggest
- 建造 jiànzào to build
- 建筑 jiànzhù building
- 修建 xiūjiàn to build
- 造 zào to make; to build
- 设计 shèjì design
- 制作 zhìzuò to make; to create
- 发明 fāmíng to invent; invention
- 创造 chuàngzào to create