築 — 16 strokes ／ Radical「竹」
道6Elementary year 5 ／ 16 strokes ／ Radical「竹」
- On
- チク
- Kun
- きず(く)
- Meaning
- to build; construct
Origin
竹 "bamboo" and 工 with 木 "wood"; tamping timber and earth firm to raise a structure — "to build."
Stroke order
Readings and examples
| チク | 築港・建築・改築 |
|---|---|
| きずく | 築く・築き上げる |
Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.
Compounds
- 建築けんちく
architecture; construction
- 新築しんちく
newly built
Example
この駅は百年前に築かれた。
This station was built a hundred years ago.
Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)