Jisho

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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

9 strokes
Radical:
earth
Parts:
castle
Kun:
しろ
On:
ジョウセイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N2
795 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 城 【ジョウ】 castle (in place names), castle, fortress
  • 城内 【ジョウナイ】 inside of a castle, area surrounded by castle walls
  • 荒城 【コウジョウ】 ruined castle
  • 開城 【カイジョウ】 surrender of a castle, surrender of a fortress, capitulation of a stronghold
  • 傾城 【ケイセイ】 beauty, siren, courtesan, prostitute
  • 傾国傾城 【ケイコクケイセイ】 woman so glamorous as to bring ruin to a country (castle) as its king (lord) is captivated by her beauty, femme fatale

Kun reading compounds

  • 城 【しろ】 castle
  • 城跡 【しろあと】 castle site, ruins of a castle
  • ハウルの動く城 【ハウルのうごくしろ】 Howl's Moving Castle (2004 animated film)
  • 砂の城 【すなのしろ】 sandcastle, sand castle

Readings

Japanese names:
いく、 がき、 き、 くに、 ぐしく、 ぐすく、 しき、 すく、 ぜい、 たち、 なり
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
cheng2
Korean:
seong

Spanish

  • castillo

Portuguese

  • Castelo

French

  • château
914 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
903 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
638 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1078 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
886 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
433 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
796 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
720 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
733 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
942 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
374 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
417 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
261 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
312 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
368 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
5086P Morohashi
352 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1011 New Nelson (John Haig)
362 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
387 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
884 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1459 2001 Kanji
3b6.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-6 SKIP code
4315.0 Four corner code
1-30-75 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
57ce Unicode hex code