A Kanji to tame

THE KANJI · N4 · 9 strokes

Build

Readings on: ケン・コン
Kun readings: た.てる・た.て・-だ.て・た.つ

建つたつ — be built

Readings depend on the word. In kun readings, the dot separates the kanji from its kana ending (okurigana).

Two-word kanji

Reading belongs to the complete word: it is not always deduced from isolated readings.

• 建物たてもの — Buildings Word card → Source
• 建築けんちく — architecture; construction Word card → Source
• 建設けんせつ — establishment; construction Word card → Source
• 建立こんりゅう — construction Source
• 再建さいけん — rehabilitation; reconstruction Source
• 建前たてまえ — face (keep it); position adopted in public (as opposed to its true private opinion) Source