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
建造
jiànzào
to build
Characters in this word
造 zào
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 辶 — to walk
- Made of
- 辶 to walk 告 to tell, to inform, to announce
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 他们建造新桥。 Tāmen jiànzào xīn qiáo. They build a new bridge.
- 工人建造房子。 Gōngrén jiànzào fángzi. The workers build a house.
- 我们建造学校。 Wǒmen jiànzào xuéxiào. We build a school.
Related words
- 建 jiàn to build
- 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
- 建筑 jiànzhù building
- 修建 xiūjiàn to build
- 创造 chuàngzào to create
- 改造 gǎizào to rebuild; to transform
- 造 zào to make; to build
- 造成 zàochéng to cause
- 制造 zhìzào to make; to produce