Jisho

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9 strokes
Radical:
long stride
Parts:
build
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N4
300 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 建国 【ケンコク】 founding of a nation
  • 建議 【ケンギ】 proposition, motion, proposal, suggestion
  • 経営再建 【ケイエイサイケン】 management reorganization, management reorganisation
  • 財政再建 【ザイセイサイケン】 finance reform, fiscal reconstruction
  • 建立 【コンリュウ】 (act of) building (temple, monument, etc.), erection
  • 再建 【サイコン】 (temple or shrine) rebuilding

Kun reading compounds

  • 建てる 【たてる】 to build, to construct
  • 建て 【たて】 contract, commitment
  • 建前 【たてまえ】 face, official stance, public position or attitude (as opposed to private thoughts), ceremony for the erection of the framework of a house
  • 建つ 【たつ】 to be erected, to be built

Readings

Japanese names:
たけ、 たつ、 たて
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
jian4
Korean:
geon

Spanish

  • construir
  • edificar
  • levantarse
  • ser construido

Portuguese

  • Construção

French

  • construire
391 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
498 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
473 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
244 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1549 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
363 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
166 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
995 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3.12 Japanese for Busy People
892 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
913 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1055 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
600 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3834 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1965 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2661 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
398 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
9574 Morohashi
3090 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1660 New Nelson (John Haig)
391 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
417 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
278 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
524 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3567 2001 Kanji
2q6.2 The Kanji Dictionary
3-3-6 SKIP code
3-2-6 SKIP code
1540.0 Four corner code
1-23-90 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5efa Unicode hex code

8 strokes
Radical:
earth
Parts:
two-mat area, approx. thirty-six sq ft
Kun:
つぼ
On:
ヘイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1823 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

Kun reading compounds

  • 坪 【つぼ】 tsubo, traditional unit of land area, approx. 3.3 square meters, tsubo, traditional unit of fabric or paper area, approx. 9.18 square centimeters, tsubo, traditional unit of leather or tile area, approx. 918 square centimeters, cubic tsubo (approx. 6 cubic metres)
  • 坪当たり 【つぼあたり】 per tsubo (approx. 3.3 square meters)
  • 米坪 【べいつぼ】 paper weight (in grams per square metre), grammage
  • 立坪 【りゅうつぼ】 cubic tsubo (approx. 6 cubic metres)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ping2
Korean:
pyeong

Spanish

  • unidad de superficie
  • área de dos tatami (36 pies cuadrados)

Portuguese

  • Unidade de área de 3
  • 31 m2

French

  • tsubo (3,306 m² )
  • aire de 2 tatamis standards
1609 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1354 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1072 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1628 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1149 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
575 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1896 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
2072 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1913 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
372 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
328 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
207 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
248 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1498 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
4976X Morohashi
275 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
998 New Nelson (John Haig)
1486 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1598 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1159 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1455 2001 Kanji
3b5.4 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-5 SKIP code
4114.9 Four corner code
1-36-58 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
576a Unicode hex code