築

音読おんよみ: チク

訓読くんよみ: きずく

画数かくすう: 16

部首ぶしゅ: 竹（たけかんむり）

Meaning

Build / Construct / Establish

  • Basic forms
  • 築く — to build; to establish / base form
  • 築きます — build; establish / masu form
  • 築いた — built; established / ta form
  • 築いて — build and … / te form
  • 築かない — do not build / negative
  • 築けば — if (one) builds / conditional
  • Common uses
  • 信頼を築く — build trust
  • 関係を築く — establish relationships
  • 地位を築く — build a position
  • More
  • 築き上げる — build up; establish firmly

築く（きずく） is a godan verb. It refers not only to physical construction, but more commonly to **establishing abstract things** such as trust, relationships, or status over time.

  • 建築けんちく — architecture
  • 築きずく — to build; to establish
  • 新築しんちく — newly built
  • 改築かいちく — reconstruction
  • 増築ぞうちく — extension (of a building)
  • 築地つきじ — Tsukiji (area in Tokyo)

This kanji is a phono-semantic compound: the top part 竹 (bamboo) often appears in characters related to construction materials, and the bottom part expresses sound and meaning. The character originally referred to solid structures, especially those built by stacking earth. Over time, it extended metaphorically to include constructing systems, societies, and ideas.

新しん築ちくの 家いえに 引ひっ越こしました。
We moved into a newly built house.

彼かれは ゼロから会社かいしゃを 築きずいた。
He built his company from scratch.

建
Creates
建築けんちく — architecture
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