# 建 build

書 (write) + (buildbottom)
★★★☆☆
9 strokes
MR
Make sure and don't confuse this with the MOTION radical !
Motion has a dot on the left side, but build- on the left side - has a spiky, zig-zag line that makes it look kind of like the number 3.

## Mutants

| buildbottom

## Onyomi

KEN | KENNY built a ladder out of Hell, which is why he kept coming back to life.

## Mnemonic

| The Mutant Radical for build looks like the MR for motion (), but the 'build' guy has the number '3' on the side. So! In order to build that building, you'll need to write 3 blueprints.

## Kunyomi

( を ) た＊てる | I build some shit ★★★☆☆
( が ) た＊つ | to be erected ★★★☆☆

## Jukugo

建物(たてもの) | building ★★★★☆ KUNKUN 建 (build) + 物 (animal / thing) = 建物 (building) any kind of building - western OR japanese.
建築家(けんちくか) | architect ★★★☆☆ 建築 (architecture) + 家 (home) = 建築家 (architect)
建築(けんちく) | architecture ★★★☆☆ 建 (build) + 築 (architect) = 建築 (architecture) architecture. So help me God I'll never spell that word right.
建前(たてまえ) | The way one behaves in public ★★☆☆☆ CCW KUNKUN 建 (build) + 前 (before) = 建前 (The way one behaves in public) one's principles, one's public position. (i.e. never drinking tang, being anti-abortion) (as opposed to 本音, one's private feelings)

## Used In

- 庭
- 建
- 健
- 延

## Synonyms

buildings ビル 建物
feudalism 幕府 封建主義