建けんぺい率りつ

け

ん

ぺ

い

り

つ

Meanings

1

noun

building-to-land ratio; building coverage ratio

architecture

Architectural term referring to the ratio of a building's footprint area to the total land area, regulated by building codes.

この地ち域いきの建けんぺい率りつは60％に制

せい

限げん

さ

れ

て

い

ます

。

The building coverage ratio in this area is limited to 60%.

建けんぺい率りつと容よう積せき率りつを確かく認にんしてから設せっ計けいを始はじめます。

We will start the design after checking the building coverage ratio and floor area ratio.

Kanji

建build
率ratio, rate, proportion
蔽cover, shade, mantle
坪two-mat area, approx. thirty-six sq ft

Related words

容よう積せき率りつ
容積率 is the floor area ratio (total floor area to land area), while 建ぺい率 is the building coverage ratio (building footprint to land area). Both are key zoning regulations.

Written forms

建けんぺい率りつ
Standard modern spelling using ぺい for the second character.
建けん蔽ぺい率りつ
Alternate spelling using the kanji 蔽, which is less common but still seen in legal or formal contexts.
建けん坪ぺい率りつ
ateji (phonetic kanji usage)
Ateji spelling; rarely used and may be considered non-standard.

Etymology

Compound of 建 (ken, 'building'), ぺい (pei, from 蔽 'cover'), and 率 (ritsu, 'ratio'). The spelling 建ぺい率 is a modern simplification using hiragana for the second character.