築 — fabricate, build, construct

ちく築 fabricate

Grade 5 Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 16 strokes

U+7BC9 Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #821 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #1021 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

fabricate
build
construct

word

ちく chiku On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

築(ちく) chiku construction 建(けん) 築(ちく) kenchiku architecture 構(こう) 築(ちく) kouchiku construction 新(しん) 築(ちく) shinchiku new construction 改(かい) 築(ちく) kaichiku rebuilding

きず kizu Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

築(きず) く kizuku to build

つき tsuki Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

築(つき) 地(じ) tsukiji Tsukiji

Stroke order

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Composed of

筑 zither

き木 tree #75

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

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