Chinese Character 建 Meanings and components.

Form

建

Meaning

建 meaning[3] in English

To Establish.

To Found.

To Set Up.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 建 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'long stride' radical … (廴) , and (arch. introductory particle) (聿)

Its radical[1] is: 廴 (yin3) which means: 'Long Stride' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 54), Occurring In 建, 延, 廷 Etc, .廴yin3'long stride' …

In cangjie it is written with NKLQ

How to write 建

To write建jian4to establish you should write a combination of 廴yin3'long stride' … , 聿yu4(arch. introductory … arranged in a 吅 shape:

廴 + 聿 = 建

建 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 建 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 建, looks as follow:

建
Pinyin:jian4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Establish . To Found . To Set Up . To Build . To Construct
廴
Pinyin:yin3
Meaning[3]: 'Long Stride' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 54), Occurring In 建, 延, 廷 Etc
聿
Pinyin:yu4
Meaning[3]: (Arch. Introductory Particle) . Then . And Then
肀
Pinyin:yu4 Shape:一
二
Pinyin:er4
Meaning[3]: Two . 2 . (Beijing Dialect) Stupid

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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