Today’s #kanji is #建, which is listed under #えんにょう（廴）. It is a compound ideograph between 廴 (a simplified version of 廷 for 宮廷) and 聿 (a simplified version of 律 for 法律). 宮廷 is the Imperial court and 法律 is a law, so the original meaning was to establish a law in the court. From there, 建 started to have a meaning of “to build” or “to establish.”
Reading: ケン、コン、た（だ）
建設（ケンセツ）: construction, building, establishment, foundation
建築（ケンチク）: construction, building, architecture
再建（サイケン）: reconstruction, rebuilding, rehabilitation
建立（コンリュウ）: erection, building
建（た）つ: to stand, to be built
建（た）て前（まえ）/建前（たてまえ）: a facade, the theory; a public stance
建（た）てる: to build, to construct, to set up
建物（たてもの）: a building, a structure
二階（にかい）建（だ）て: two-storied (building), a double-decker
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