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Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 5

JLPT level: N2

821 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 16

Meaning: fabricate, build, construct

Kunyomi: きず.く

Onyomi: チク

Composition: 筑 木

築

Radical

Radical: 竹

Reading: たけかんむり

Meaning: bamboo

Strokes: 6

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Examples

Examples with audio

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

築く(きずく)   build, construct

*築山(つきやま)   artificial hill (in a garden)

*築地(つきじ)   Tsukiji (place name)

Onyomi Examples

築 (チク) ... years since construction, ... years old (of a building), built in ...

築城 (チクジョウ) castle construction, building a castle, fortification

本建築 (ホンケンチク) permanent construction

移築 (イチク) dismantling a (historic) building and reconstructing it elsewhere

Kunyomi Examples

築く (きずく) to build, to construct, to erect, to build up (a reputation, position, fortune, etc.), to establish (a relationship, household, tradition, etc.), to lay (a foundation)

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