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Keyword
to establish
  • to build
  • to erect
  • to found
Frequency
#172
Strokes
8
Readings
jiàn100%
Mnemonic
廴 (action) gives the meaning and 聿 the sound.
Stroke order
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Used in characters
Used in vocabulary
建设jiànshè
to build; to construct; to establish; to develop; to institute
建立jiànlì
to establish; to set up; to found
建筑jiànzhù
to construct; building
建议jiànyì
to propose; to suggest; to recommend; proposal; suggestion; recommendation (CL:点 (diǎn))
建jiàn
to establish; to found; to set up; to build; to construct
建造jiànzào
to construct; to build
建成jiànchéng
to establish; to build
重建chóngjiàn
to rebuild; to reconstruct; to reestablish
创建chuàngjiàn
to found; to establish
建国jiànguó
to found a country; nation-building; the foundation of PRC by Mao Zedong in 1949
兴建xīngjiàn
to build; to construct
组建zǔjiàn
to organize; to set up; to establish
建筑物jiànzhùwù
building; structure; edifice
封建fēngjiàn
system of enfeoffment; feudalism; feudal; feudalistic
构建gòujiàn
to construct (sth abstract)
新建xīnjiàn
new construction; newly built
修建xiūjiàn
to build; to construct
扩建kuòjiàn
to extend (a building, an airport runway etc)
改建gǎijiàn
to rebuild; to transform (a building); to refurbish
建制jiànzhì
organizational structure
建构jiàngòu
to construct (often sth abstract, such as good relations); to set up; to develop; construction (abstract); architecture
建材jiàncái
building materials
始建shǐjiàn
to start building