Jisho

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18 strokes
Radical:
stone
Parts:
cornerstone, foundation stone
Kun:
いしずえ
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1224 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 素案 【ソアン】 rough plan, draft
  • 礎石 【ソセキ】 foundation stone, cornerstone
  • 定礎 【テイソ】 laying a cornerstone (foundation stone)
  • 柱礎 【チュウソ】 plinth

Kun reading compounds

  • 礎 【いしずえ】 foundation stone, cornerstone
  • 礎を築く 【いしずえをきずく】 to lay the foundation (for)

Readings

Japanese names:
もと
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
chu3
Korean:
cho

Spanish

  • piedra angular
  • piedra base
  • fundamento

Portuguese

  • Pedra angular
  • pedra de fundação

French

  • première pierre
  • première angulaire
1512 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1268 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3222 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1701 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1576 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2730 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1515 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1616 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
692 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1412 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1595 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
842 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1152 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
401 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
24522 Morohashi
1248 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4054 New Nelson (John Haig)
394 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
421 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1898 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3370 2001 Kanji
5a13.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-5-13 SKIP code
1468.1 Four corner code
1-33-35 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
790e Unicode hex code

16 strokes
Radical:
bamboo 竹 (⺮)
Parts:
fabricate, build, construct
Kun:
きず.く
On:
チク
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N2
821 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 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

Kun reading compounds

  • 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)

Readings

Japanese names:
つい、 つき、 つく、 づき
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zhu2, zhu4
Korean:
chug

Spanish

  • edificar
  • construir

Portuguese

  • fabricar
  • construção
  • construir

French

  • bâtir
  • construire
  • fabriquer
673 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
774 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
751 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
820 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3435 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
711 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
801 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2575 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1603 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1710 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1056 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1488 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3370 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1743 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2369 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
959 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
26298X Morohashi
2715 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4343 New Nelson (John Haig)
950 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1021 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
815 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2364 2001 Kanji
6f10.5 The Kanji Dictionary
2-6-10 SKIP code
8890.4 Four corner code
1-35-59 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7bc9 Unicode hex code