# 築 — Construct

Frequency rank 482 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Frequent enough that you will keep running into it once you read past headlines.

More common than 絶 (Extinction), less common than 与 (Give).

- On’yomi: ちく
- Kun’yomi: きず
- Radical: 竹 Bamboo (Kangxi 118)
- Frequency path: Level IV of XX

Bamboo on top, a saw in the middle, and a tree at the bottom — you saw bamboo and trees together, using them to construct a magnificent building.

In words:

- 築く きずく — to build;to pile up;to amass
- 建築 けんちく — construction,architecture
- 新築 しんちく — new building;new construction

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