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
建立
jiànlì
to set up; to establish
Characters in this word
立 lì
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 立 — to stand
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
Example phrases
- 我们建立公司。 Wǒmen jiànlì gōngsī. We set up a company.
- 他建立网站。 Tā jiànlì wǎngzhàn. He sets up a website.
- 建立好关系。 Jiànlì hǎo guānxi. Build good relationships.