jiàn
build
Depicts a hand setting up a wooden post (聿) at the corner of a building site (𠃊).
Oracle script
Bronze script
Seal script
Clerical script
Regular script
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*[k]a[n]-s | kjonH | jiàn | set up, establish |
HSK level 3
Appears in 62.1656% of movies
650th most common character in movies
244th most common character in books
Strokes | 8 |
Unicode | U+5EFA |
Shuowen | “建,立朝律也。从聿,从廴。” |
季旭昇《說文新證》p.136