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建

jiàn

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jiàn · gin3 (Jyutping)

  1. to establish
  2. to found
  3. to set up
  4. to build
  5. to construct

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Character breakdown

建

Meaning
build, establish, erect, found
Radical
廴
Strokes
8
Components
⿺廴聿
Cangjie
NKLQ
Four-corner
1540.0

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