建

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Contents 1 Translingual 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Han character 1.2.1 References 2 Cantonese 2.1 Hanzi 3 Japanese 3.1 Kanji 3.1.1 Readings 4 Korean 4.1 Hanja 5 Mandarin 5.1 Hanzi 6 Vietnamese 6.1 Han character

[edit] Translingual

[edit] Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 廴 + phonetic 聿

[edit] Han character

建 (radical 54 廴+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 弓大中手 (NKLQ), four-corner 1540₀)

1. build, establish, erect, found

[edit] References

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

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[edit] Cantonese

[edit] Hanzi

建 (Yale gin3)

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[edit] Japanese

[edit] Kanji

建 (grade 4 kanji)

[edit] Readings

• On: けん (ken), こん (kon)
• Kun: たてる (tateru)

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[edit] Korean

[edit] Hanja

建 (hangeul 건, revised geon, McCune-Reischauer kŏn)

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[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Hanzi

建 (pinyin jiàn (jian4), niàn (nian4), Wade-Giles chien⁴, nien⁴)

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[edit] Vietnamese

[edit] Han character

建 (kiến)