Memory phrase for the character: 建

建

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Meaning

to build, to construct, to establish

Pronunciation

 jiàn

Explanation

 Left: movement 廴, right: to write, writing brush 聿

Mnemonic
 
You need a brush in your hand and to move for building.

Radicals

建 to build, to construct
廴 long strideIn most cases this radical 辶 is used for movement.
聿 writing brushShows hand with a pen 丨, when two lines 二 to write.
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 Vocabulary

封建社会 fēng jiàn shè huì  feudal society
兴建 xīng jiàn  to build; to construct
基建 jī jiàn  capital construction (project); infrastructure
上层建筑 shàng céng jiàn zhù  superstructure
建造 jiàn zào  to construct; to build
封建主义 fēng jiàn zhǔ yì  feudalism
修建 xiū jiàn  to build; to construct
建国 jiàn guó  to found a country; nation-building; the foundation of PRC by Mao Zedong in 1949
建筑物 jiàn zhù wù  building; structure; edifice
福建 Fú jiàn  Fujian province (Fukien) in east China
建成 jiàn chéng  to establish; to build
建成 jiàn chéng  

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