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U+5EFA, 建
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5EFA

CJK Unified Ideographs

Translingual

Stroke order
9 strokes

Han character

(Kangxi radical 54, +6, 8 (Mainland), 9 (Hong Kong, Japan, Taiwan) strokes, cangjie input 弓大中手 (NKLQ), four-corner 15400, composition )

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 353, character 4
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9574
  • Dae Jaweon: page 667, character 5
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 404, character 10
  • Unihan data for U+5EFA

Chinese

simp. and trad.
2nd round simp.
alternative forms

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character
Shang Western Zhou Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts

Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意) : + . Originally, a pictogram (象形) — a hand (又) planting a pole (𰀁) into a base (Ji Xusheng, 2004). The left component was originally written as ∟. The right component is stylized as 聿; while the hand is still recognizable, the bottom part is unrelated to a writing brush.

The whole character is mostly similar to .

Pronunciation


Note:
  • giêng3 - Chaozhou, used in 福建;
  • giang3 - Shantou, used in 福建;
  • giêng6 - Chaozhou;
  • giang6 - Shantou.

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (28)
Final () (65)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie
Baxter kjonH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kɨɐnH/
Pan
Wuyun
/kiɐnH/
Shao
Rongfen
/kiɐnH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kɨanH/
Li
Rong
/kiɐnH/
Wang
Li
/kĭɐnH/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/kɨ̯ɐnH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
jiàn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
gin3
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
jiàn
Middle
Chinese
‹ kjonH ›
Old
Chinese
/*a-s/
English set up, establish

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 6220
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*kans/

Definitions

  1. to build; to construct; to erect
  2. to establish; to found
  3. to propose; to suggest

Synonyms

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

(Fourth grade kyōiku kanji)

  1. build, establish, erect, found

Readings

Compounds

Proper noun

(けん) (Ken

  1. a male given name

Korean

Hanja

(eumhun 세울 (se'ul geon))

  1. hanja form? of (build; establish)

Compounds

Vietnamese

Han character

: Hán Nôm readings: kiến

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