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U+5EFA, 建
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5EFA

[U+5EF9]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+5EFB]

Translingual[edit]

Stroke order
9 strokes

Han character[edit]

(Kangxi radical 54, +6, 8 (Mainland), 9 (Hong Kong, Japan, Taiwan) strokes, cangjie input 弓大中手 (NKLQ), four-corner 15400, composition )

Derived characters[edit]

References[edit]

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 353, character 4
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9574
  • Dae Jaweon: page 667, character 5
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 404, character 10
  • Unihan data for U+5EFA

Chinese[edit]

simp. and trad.
2nd round simp.
alternative forms

Glyph origin[edit]

Historical forms of the character
Shang Western Zhou Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts

Ideogrammic compound (會意会意): + .

Originally, a pictogram (象形) — a hand planting a pole into a base (Ji Xusheng, 2004).

Pronunciation[edit]


Note:
  • giêng3 - Chaozhou, used in 福建;
  • giang3 - Shantou, used in 福建;
  • giêng6 - Chaozhou;
  • giang6 - Shantou.
  • Wu

  • Rime
    Character
    Reading # 1/1
    Initial () (28)
    Final () (65)
    Tone (調) Departing (H)
    Openness (開合) Open
    Division () III
    Fanqie
    Baxter kjonH
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang
    /kɨɐnH/
    Pan
    Wuyun
    /kiɐnH/
    Shao
    Rongfen
    /kiɐnH/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank
    /kɨanH/
    Li
    Rong
    /kiɐnH/
    Wang
    Li
    /kĭɐnH/
    Bernard
    Karlgren
    /kɨ̯ɐnH/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex
    jiàn
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex
    gin3
    BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
    Character
    Reading # 1/1
    Modern
    Beijing
    (Pinyin)
    jiàn
    Middle
    Chinese
    ‹ kjonH ›
    Old
    Chinese
    /*[k]a[n]-s/
    English set up, establish

    Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

    * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
    * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
    * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
    * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

    * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
    Zhengzhang system (2003)
    Character
    Reading # 1/1
    No. 6220
    Phonetic
    component
    Rime
    group
    Rime
    subdivision
    1
    Corresponding
    MC rime
    Old
    Chinese
    /*kans/

    Definitions[edit]

    1. to build; to construct; to erect
    2. to establish; to found
    3. to propose; to suggest

    Synonyms[edit]

    Compounds[edit]

    Japanese[edit]

    Kanji[edit]

    (grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji)

    1. build, establish, erect, found

    Readings[edit]

    Compounds[edit]

    Proper noun[edit]

    (けん) (Ken

    1. a male given name

    Korean[edit]

    Hanja[edit]

    (eumhun 세울 (se'ul geon))

    1. Hanja form? of (build; establish).

    Compounds[edit]

    Vietnamese[edit]

    Han character[edit]

    : Hán Nôm readings: kiến

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