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建
jiàn
1. to establish
2. to found
3. to set up
4. to build
5. to construct
Very Common • Top 1% ✏️ 9 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

建
jiàn
to build, to erect; to establish, to found
HSK 4 8 丶

Compound Words (20)

修建
xiūjiàn
to build
HSK 6
内建
nèijiàn
built-in
再建
zàijiàn
reconstruction
创建
chuàngjiàn
to found
土建
tǔjiàn
civil engineering
基建
jījiàn
capital construction (project)
大建
dàjiàn
lunar month of 30 days
始建
shǐjiàn
to start building
封建
fēngjiàn
system of enfeoffment
HSK 6
小建
xiǎojiàn
lunar month of 29 days
布建
bùjiàn
to progressively extend (service delivery, network etc) to a wider area
建交
jiànjiāo
to establish diplomatic relations
建制
jiànzhì
organizational structure
建商
jiànshāng
construction company
建国
jiànguó
to found a country
建基
jiànjī
to lay foundations
建始
Jiànshǐ
Jianshi county in Enshi Tujia and Miao autonomous prefecture [[恩施土家族苗族自治州<ĒnshīTǔjiāzúMiáozúzìzhìzhōu>]], Hubei
建安
Jiànān
reign name (196-219) at the end of the Han dynasty
建宁
Jiànníng
Jianning county in Sanming [[三明<Sānmíng>]], Fujian
建平
Jiànpíng
Jianping county in Chaoyang [[朝陽|朝阳]], Liaoning

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
4
Character Frequency Rank
243
Word Frequency Rank
859 of 84,292

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