The kanji 築: meaning, readings and stroke order

築

Meaning: build
On reading: チク chiku
Kun reading: きず（く） kizuku
Strokes: 16
Radical: 竹 bamboo
Level: Level 5 · grade 5

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: xây đắp (trúc)
Japanese: きずく。つみあげてつくる。
Korean: 쌓다, 짓다 (축)
Chinese: 建筑、修建 (筑)

Readings, words and example sentences

チク chiku · on reading

建けん築ちく
architecture, building
古い 建けん築ちくを見学します。
We go to see old buildings.

きず（く） kizuku · kun reading

築きずく
to build
石をつんで城を 築きずきます。
They pile up stones to build a castle.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.