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Kanji for Build
The kanji for “build” is 建, read ken and written in 9 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
建
build
To build and establish.
9 strokes On reading ケン、コン (ken, kon) Kun reading たてる、たて、だて (tateru, tate, date) JLPT N3
Dictionary meanings: build
Readings used for names on Nazuke: ken, take, tatsu, tate
In Japan it appears in about 147 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, mostly in boys’ names.
Names written with 建: Tatiana 建安七 · Tatyana 建安七
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