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Kanji Detail for 築 - "to build, to construct"

築

  • Meaning

    築 means "to build, to construct." Also associated with to found.

    1. Build - To construct; to erect.

    2. Construct - To make by assembling; to create.

    3. Found - To establish; to set up.

  • Words using 築

    • 建築 けんちく Listen construction; architecture (of buildings)
    • 構築 こうちく Listen construction; building; putting up
    • 築地 ついじ Listen mud wall with a roof; roofed mud wall
    • 新築 しんちく Listen new building; new construction
    • 改築 かいちく Listen structural alteration (of a building); reconstruction; rebuilding
    • 築き上げる きずきあげる Listen to build; to construct; to put up
    • 建築士 けんちくし Listen authorized architect and builder; licensed architect; registered architect
    • 建築学 けんちくがく Listen architecture

  • Tattoo check: 築

    • Verified meaning: to build, to construct
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read きずき, きずく, きづき, ちく)
    • Also carries these associations: to found

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 築

    Given names 築(きずき)Listen 築(きずく)Listen 築(きづき)Listen

    Surnames 築(ちく)Listen 築(つき)Listen 築(つきさき)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    fabricate; build; construct

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    build, erect; building

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to build; to construct; to ram; to hit; Taiwan pr. [zhu2]

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    building; a five-string lute

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    To pound. To pound earth to make it solid. All construction. Must first solidify the foundation. Hence engineering work is generally called 建築 (construction).

  • Onyomi

    tip

    chiku(チク) チク

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    kizuku(きず-く) きず-く

  • Strokes

    tip

    16 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    竹 (take・takekammuri)

  • Related Keywords

    to build to construct to found pounding tool architecture assemble create design development engineering erect establish fabrication formation framework infrastructure planning production renovation

Sentences including 築

  • I'm getting a new house built.

  • The bridge is under construction.

  • The house is being built now.

  • A new building is being built in front of my house.

  • They set about building a house.

  • I built my son a new house.

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