築 – fabricate, build, construct

16 strokesTaught in grade 5#821 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 築 means fabricate, build, construct. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is チク (chiku); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is きず.く (kizuku). It is written with 16 strokes, under radical 竹 (no. 118).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	チク	chiku
Kun’yomi	きず.く	kizuku

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 竹 (Kangxi radical 118). Components: 工・竹・木・丶・几.

Words using 築

建築けんちくconstruction築くきずくto build新築しんちくnew building

Example sentences

彼らは家の建築にとりかかった。

They set about building a house.

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彼は貿易で財産を築いた。

He made his fortune from commerce.

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家を新築中です。

I'm getting a new house built.

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Kanji with the same radical

第策算答管竹筋等籍笑節簡範筆箱簿

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