Build

On’yomi: けん、こん
Kun’yomi: た
Radical: 廴 Long Stride (Kangxi 54)

Frequent enough that you will keep running into it once you read past headlines.

More common than 害 (Damage), less common than 配 (Distribute).

A yoga teacher locks one Long Stride across the foundation trench while the fist behind her drags a loaded Brush up her shin, and every soaked stroke sets into a floor they Build on her leg before she is allowed to put the foot down.

In words

建物たてもの buildingN5

建てるたてる to buildN4

建つたつ to erect,to be erected,to be builtN2

建 is rank 291 of 2,608 in published Japanese.

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