築 means “build, construct”

きずく · kizuku

Also: fabricate

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

きずく

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

チク

JLPT N2 · Taught in grade 5 · 16 strokes

The story

Bamboo (⺮) and wood (木) with work (工) between them: building materials and the labor to raise them. 築く is to build, walls or a career, 建築 is architecture, and in Japanese apartment listings 築10年 means the building is ten years old.

Used in 建築 (kenchiku, architecture), 築く (kizuku, to build up), and 新築 (shinchiku, newly built)

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Readings from KANJIDIC2, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA.