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 construct (often sth abstract, such as good relations) / to set up / to develop / construction (abstract) / architecture
built-up area / urban area
to establish a government / esp. refers to communist takeover of 1949
cooperative education (Tw)
Jianwen Emperor, reign name of second Ming Emperor Zhu Yunwen 朱允炆[Zhu1 Yun3 wen2] (1377-1402), reigned 1398-1402
reign name of second Ming emperor, reigned 1398-1402, deposed in 1402
Jianchang county in Huludao 葫蘆島|葫芦岛, Liaoning
Jianchang county in Huludao 葫蘆島|葫芦岛, Liaoning
an old name for Nanjing, called Jiankang 建康 or Jianye during the Eastern Jin (317-420)
Jiande, county-level city in Hangzhou 杭州[Hang2 zhou1], Zhejiang

Sentences with 建

建 currently does not appear in any sentence.