建
ケン, コン, た.てる, た.て, だ.て, た.つ, たけ, たつ, たて

build

JLPT4 G4 S9 F300

聿 implement held upright to carve/draw characters (→ upright object) + an abbreviated form# of 延 extend → extend vertically in making erect (compare 寒) → *build/erect* → *establish*.

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