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築 = 木 + 筑

築 is a Japanese kanji written with 16 strokes, listed here under the keyword “fabricate”. It is built from 木 (tree) and 筑 (ancient harp). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1021.

Keyword
fabricate
RTK frame
1021
Strokes
16
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
チク
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
きず.く
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
изготовление
Same glyph as a traditional Chinese hanzi
築 build

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 木 tree
  2. 筑 ancient harp

How to find 築 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “tree” + “ancient harp”. 築 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 築 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.