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 found a country / nation-building / the foundation of PRC by Mao Zedong in 1949
system of enfeoffment / feudalism / feudal / feudalistic
to achieve or accomplish goals
organizational structure
Jiansanjiang, large-scale agricultural development in Sanjiang river plain in Heilongjiang
lunar month of 29 days / same as 小盡|小尽[xiao3 jin4]
Jianshi County in Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture 恩施土家族苗族自治州[En1 shi1 Tu3 jia1 zu2 Miao2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Hubei
construction company / housebuilder
to lay foundations
Jiantang, capital of Dêqên or Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 迪慶藏族自治州|迪庆藏族自治州[Di2 qing4 Zang4 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1], northwest Yunnan
nickname for US President Trump 川普[Chuan1 pu3], implying that he benefitted China (hence 建國|建国[jian4 guo2]) by doing a poor job of leading the US

Sentences with 建

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