Kanji
N2 16 strokes Grade 5 freq #821

fabricate, build, construct

On'yomi (音読み)

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

Radical (部首)

bamboo take

Others with this radical

On'yomi compounds (音読み)

construction; architecture (of buildings)
construction; building
mud wall with a roof; roofed mud wall
new building; new construction
structural alteration (of a building); reconstruction
authorized architect and builder; licensed architect
architecture
permanent construction
addition to a building
construction; building

Kun'yomi words (訓読み)

to build; to construct
to build; to construct
newly built apartment house; newly built condominium

Example sentences

The minister approved the building plans.

I was deeply impressed by Roman architecture.

Perry is mistaken in thinking that Emmet's theory was constructed without reference to Newtonian physics.

I built my son a new house.