築

Han character

築 (Kangxi radical 118, 竹+10, 16 strokes, cangjie input 竹一弓木 (HMND), four-corner 8890₄, composition ⿱筑木)

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *tuɡ): phonetic 筑 (OC *tuɡ, *duɡ) + semantic 木 (“wood”).

Etymology

According to STEDT, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *tsuk ~ tsik (“to build”); cognate with Tibetan རྩིག (rtsig, “to build”), Proto-Lolo-Burmese *ʔtsukᴴ (“to build”) (whence Burmese ဆောက် (hcauk, “to build”)).

On the other hand, Schuessler (2007) derives this from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *truk, whence also Tibetan རྡུག (rdug, “to conquer; to vanquish”) and Burmese တိုက် (tuik, “to dash against; to bump against”). STEDT derives the Tibetan word from Proto-Tibeto-Burman *m/r-tuk (“cut; knock; pound”).

Pronunciation

Definitions

築

1. (literary) wooden pestle for pounding dirt
2. (literary) to pound soil to make it firm; to ram earth
3. to build; to construct
4. (literary, or in compounds) house; building
5. a surname

Compounds

References

• “築”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Kanji

(Fifth grade kyōiku kanji)

1. fabricate

Hanja

築 (eumhun 쌓을 축 (ssa'eul chuk))

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Han character

築: Hán Nôm readings: trốc, trúc

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