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:N4
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
healthy, health, strength, persistence
Grade 4JLPT 1
書
write
Grade 2JLPT 5
麦
barley, wheat
Grade 2JLPT 2
廷
courts, imperial court, government office
Grade 8JLPT 1
承
acquiesce, hear, listen to, be informed, receive
Grade 6JLPT 2
兼
concurrently, and, beforehand, in advance
Grade 8JLPT 1
庭
courtyard, garden, yard
Grade 3JLPT 3
廉
bargain, reason, charge, suspicion, point, account, purity, honest, low price, cheap, rested, contented, peaceful
Grade 8JLPT 1
抜
slip out, extract, pull out, pilfer, quote, remove, omit
Grade 8JLPT 3
朱
vermilion, cinnabar, scarlet, red, bloody
Grade 8JLPT 1