to establish / to found / to set up / to build / to construct

= + : Mnemonic symbol: Blob the Builder.

Blob the Builder (建) and Joan of Arc (ji) want to construct (建) a Go (廴) field in the anthill's bathroom (an4), so they paint the field on the floor using decorator's brushes (聿).

建 character breakdown

"long stride" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 54), occurring in 建, 延, 廷 etc

Mnemonic symbol: a "go" game board.
(arch. introductory particle) / then / and then

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a broad decorator's brush.

Yu the Great (yu) is painting in the space station's bathroom (Ø4). First she paints backgrounds with a decorator's brush (聿), then applies some details using a crayon (肀), and finally she discharges a capacitor (二) on the canvas for special effects.

Characters with 建 as component

healthy / to invigorate / to strengthen / to be good at / to be strong in

= + : Joan of Arc (ji) and Rosa Luxemburg (亻) want to get fit and healthy (健), so together with Blob the Builder (建) they set up a gym in the anthill's bathroom (an4).
key (on a piano or computer keyboard) / button (on a mouse or other device) / chemical bond / linchpin

= + : Blob the Builder (建) built a fort out of keyboard keys (键) to defend against Joan of Arc (ji) who attacks him and his fort with a golden harpoon (钅) in the anthill's bathroom (an4).
tendon / sinew
shuttlecock
carry
material (such as rocks, earth, bamboo etc) used to hastily repair a dike / (literary) door bar (vertical bar used to prevent the horizontal movement of a door bolt)
a quiver on a horse / a store
used in 踺子[jian4 zi5]

Words with 建

to organize / to set up / to establish
to construct (sth abstract)
to rebuild / to transform (a building) / to refurbish
Xinjian county in Nanchang 南昌, Jiangxi
new construction / newly built
to build (esp. with simple materials) / to knock together (a temporary shed) / to rig up
to found a country / nation-building / the foundation of PRC by Mao Zedong in 1949
to build / to construct
(Tw) to construct (on undeveloped land)
Chen Chien-jen (1951-), Taiwanese politician, vice president of the Republic of China 2016-2020
high-rise building / skyscraper
John Huang (1945-), Democratic Party fundraiser

Sentences with 建

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