Meta:

  1. 建 is the 244th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 76 words.
  4. appears as a component in 9 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (long stride), (brush)
Graphical :
=> , , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. jian4 - to establish/to found/to set up/to build/to construct

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

建筑 (建築)
建设 (建設)
建议 (建議)
建造 
扩建 (擴建)

Medium Frequency

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 
组建 (組建)
重建 

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Meta:

  1. 筑 is the 1128th most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 10 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (bamboo), (work), (table), (dot)
Graphical :
=> , , , , 丿, ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. zhu4 - five-string lute/another word for Guiyang 貴陽|贵阳[Gui4 yang2], capital of Guizhou province 貴州|贵州[Gui4 zhou1]/Taiwan pr. [zhu2]
  2. zhu4 - to build/to construct/to ram/to hit/Taiwan pr. [zhu2]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 筑 (zhu4): The component 丶 is pronounced as 'zhu3'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Example Words:

High Frequency

建筑 (建築)

Medium Frequency

建筑师 (建築師)
建筑物 (建築物)
 
Decomposition Levels:
Level 1: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
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