Moto 建: BuildKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- ケン、コン
- Kun'yomi
- た(てる)、た(て)、-だ(て)、た(つ)
- Level
- JLPT N4Jōyō, grade 4
- Words
- 247 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (ケン・コン)
- 建設けんせつconstruction; establishment
- 再建さいけんrebuilding; reconstruction
- 建築けんちくconstruction; architecture (of buildings)
- 建設省けんせつしょうMinistry of Construction
- 建国けんこくfounding of a nation
- 建造物けんぞうぶつstructure; building
- 建設的けんせつてきconstructive
- 建材けんざいbuilding material
- 建造けんぞうbuilding; construction
- 土建屋どけんやgeneral (civil engineering and construction) contractor
- 建立こんりゅう(act of) building (temple, monument, etc.); erection
- 建築士けんちくしauthorized architect and builder; licensed architect
- 建築学けんちくがくarchitecture
- 建議けんぎproposition; motion
- 創建そうけんestablishment; foundation
- 封建ほうけんfeudalistic
- 封建主義ほうけんしゅぎfeudalism
- 封建的ほうけんてきfeudal; feudalistic
- 建学けんがくfoundation of a school
- 建築家けんちくかarchitect
- 建築物けんちくぶつbuilding; structure
- 本建築ほんけんちくpermanent construction
- イスラム教建築イスラムきょうけんちくIslamic architecture
- ゴシック建築ゴシックけんちくGothic architecture
- バロック建築バロックけんちくbaroque architecture
- パネル構造建築パネルこうぞうけんちくpanel construction
- ビザンチン建築ビザンチンけんちくByzantine architecture
- ブロック建築ブロックけんちくconcrete-block building
- ポストモダン建築ポストモダンけんちくpostmodern architecture
- モダニズム建築モダニズムけんちくmodernist architecture; modern architecture
- ロマネスク建築ロマネスクけんちくRomanesque architecture
- 一級建築士いっきゅうけんちくしregistered architect with a first-class license
- 上層建築じょうそうけんちくsuperstructure; upper stories
- 中層建築物ちゅうそうけんちくぶつmedium-rise building
- 乳房再建ちぶささいけんbreast reconstruction
- 二級建築士にきゅうけんちくしregistered architect with a second-class license
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 二階建てにかいだてtwo-storied building
- 一戸建ていっこだてdetached house; stand-alone house
- 建つたつto be erected; to be built
- 円建てえんだてyen basis (for trade, exchange, etc.)
- 建てるたてるto build; to construct
- 建て前たてまえface; official stance
- 建て売りたてうりconstructing and selling a ready-built house
- ドル建てドルだてdollar basis; quotation in dollars
- ユーロ建てユーロだてdenominated in euros
- 下戸の建てた蔵はないげこのたてたくらはないdon't act all high and mighty just because you don't drink; no teetotaler has (ever) built a storehouse
- 下戸の建てた蔵は無いげこのたてたくらはないdon't act all high and mighty just because you don't drink; no teetotaler has (ever) built a storehouse
- 両建てりょうだてstraddling; option
- 両建て預金りょうだてよきんcompulsory deposit in return for loan
- 二戸建てにこだてsemi-detached house; double house
- 二本建てにほんだてdual system; double standard
Other readings
- 建物たてものbuilding
- 建前たてまえface; official stance
- 建値たてねofficial market quotations; exchange rates
- 建具たてぐfittings that open and close (doors, windows, shoji, fusuma, etc.); fixtures
- 一戸建いっこだてdetached house; stand-alone house
- 一本建て為替いっぽんだてかわせsingle rate
- 一本建て税率いっぽんだてぜいりつsingle-rate tariff (system)
- 一本建税率いっぽんだてぜいりつsingle-rate tariff (system)
- 二戸建にこだてsemi-detached house; double house
Showing the 60 most common of 247 words. See them all in the graph.
Kanji that often appear with 建
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