建
build

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

ケンコン

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

-だ.てた.つた.てた.てる

Nanori (名乗り)

たけたつたて

Stroke Order

9 / 9

Information

Grade:4
Strokes:9
JLPT:4
Frequency:300

Vocabulary

ケン

WordReadingMeaning
建議ケンギproposition; motion; proposal; suggestion
建国ケンコクfounding of a nation
建材ケンザイbuilding material
建設ケンセツconstruction; establishment
建設的ケンセツテキconstructive

コン

WordReadingMeaning
建立コンリュウ(act of) building (temple, monument, etc.); erection
再建サイコン(temple or shrine) rebuilding

Other

WordReadingMeaning
一戸建ていっこだてdetached house; stand-alone house; single-family home
円建てえんだてyen basis (for trade, exchange, etc.); yen-denominated; yen-based
建てるたてるto build; to construct
建物たてものbuilding
土建屋どけんやgeneral (civil engineering and construction) contractor

Visually Similar Kanji

These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes

健
health, healthy, persistence, strength
Grade 4JLPT 1
書
write
Grade 2JLPT 5
麦
barley, wheat
Grade 2JLPT 2
廷
courts, government office, imperial court
Grade 8JLPT 1
承
acquiesce, be informed, hear, listen to, receive
Grade 6JLPT 2
兼
and, beforehand, concurrently, in advance
Grade 8JLPT 1
庭
courtyard, garden, yard
Grade 3JLPT 3
廉
account, bargain, charge, cheap, contented, honest, low price, peaceful, point, purity, reason, rested, suspicion
Grade 8JLPT 1
抜
extract, omit, pilfer, pull out, quote, remove, slip out
Grade 8JLPT 3
朱
bloody, cinnabar, red, scarlet, vermilion
Grade 8JLPT 1