Construct

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

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

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 amassN1

建築けんちく construction,architectureN3

新築しんちく new building;new constructionN1

築 is rank 482 of 2,608 in published Japanese.