• 244th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.09% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 120 words
  • Component in 9 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. jiàn (jian4)to establish • to found • to set up • to build • to construct

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

建筑 (建築)
建设 (建設)
建议 (建議)
建造 
扩建 (擴建)

Uncommon

修建 
创建 (創建)
封建 
建国 (建國)
建成 
建立 
建筑师 (建築師)
建筑物 (建築物)
建行 
搭建 
新建 
构建 (構建)
福建 
福建省 
组建 (組建)
重建 

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Decomposition Levels:
Level 1 - Once: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2 - Radical: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3 - Graphical: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
If you see questions marks or too many "block" characters, especially when it comes to level 3 decomposition you might need the correct font.