漢字Kanji · in Textiles, Plants & Food
築: fabricate, build
Also: construct
JLPT N216 strokesGrade 5Your ink: 白 Not met
- 筑(form)
- 木tree(form)
筑 and 木 are drawn in
16 strokes
Two readings, and the words that use each
チクchiku · on'yomi · in compounds
- 建築けんちくconstruction, architecture
- 建築家けんちくかarchitect
- 築城するちくじょうするfortify, construct a castle
- 新築するしんちくするbuild, construct
- 増築するぞうちくするbuild an addition
- 改築するかいちくするrebuild, reconstruct
- 構築するこうちくするbuild, construct
きずくkizuku · kun'yomi · on its own
- 築くきずくbuild, construct
Special readingsThese words are read as a whole, not from the readings above.
- 築山つきやまartificial hill (in a garden)
- 築地つきじTsukiji (place name)
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成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Under the bamboo canopy! This radical brings the practicality and craftsmanship of bamboo to the head of many kanji.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
Also read チク
4 kanji share this on'yomiIn ChineseSimplified 筑 · traditional, as in Japanese · zhù
Japan keeps the traditional form 築; mainland China simplifies it to 筑.
- Simplified
- 筑 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 築 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin zhù most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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