Memory phrase for the Kanji: 建

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Left: movement 廴, right: var. of write 書 (A hand ナ/ヨ with three fingers holds a writing brush 丨 and writes two 二 lines.)

The brush needs to move (when painting), if you want to build.

廴	movement	The radical ennyou* stands for movement and is similar to shinnyuu 辶, which equally stands for movement.*
聿	brush

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建てる	たてる	to build, to construct
二階建て	にかいだて	two storied
建つ	たつ	to erect, to be erected, to be built
建立	こんりゅう	construction (from temples, shrines), erection
建物	たてもの	building
建築	けんちく	construction, architecture
建築家	けんちくか	architect, master builder
再建	さいけん	(temple or shrine) rebuilding
封建	ほうけん	feudalistic

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