Taxonomy of meanings for 築:　　

  • 築 zhù (OC: tuɡ MC: ʈiuk) 張六切 入 廣韻：【擣也 】
    • BUILD
      • v[adN]builder
      • vt[oN]engage in building
      • vtoNbuild, erect
    • BUILDING
      • nbuilding; permanent structure to live in
    • FORTIFY
      • vtoNfortify; build a wall around (a place)
    • STICK
      • nstamper used in building; very thick stick or pole
    • STRIKE
      • vtoNcolloquialbuild > place a punch
  • 築 nil (OC: tuɡ MC: ʈiuk) 張六切 入 廣韻：【築古文 】
  • zhùKNOCK
    • vtoNpound (earth)CH

Additional information about 築

說文解字:

    Criteria
  • FORTIFY

    1. The standard general word for fortifying a place by building a city wall is chéng 城.

    2. Zhù 築 refers to the building or reinforcing of city walls.

  • BUILD

    1. The general current word for erecting or rebuilding a permanent structure of any kind is zhú 築.

    2. Lì 立 "to erect" focuses on the resulting uprightness of the structure, but the word.

    3. Xiū 脩 focusses on the careful finishing work of construction, and the word also applies to reconstruction with careful attention paid to the finish. [See REPAIR]

    4. Gòu 構 "make a structure" focusses on the fitting together of different parts, Lothar Ledderose's modules, to make a structured whole.

    5. Qǐ 起 "raise (a building)" is an administrative neutral term that can refer to the building of any larger structure, and the word become current in this meaning in Han times.

    6. Wéi 為 is currently used to refer specifically to the building of houses or capitals. See PRODUCE

    7. Zuò 作 "take the initiative to build" a very general word to use which can refer to all sorts of making of things. See PRODUCE.

    8. Jiàn 建 "to establish" is mostly used abstractly and not for concrete physical structures. See ESTABLISH

    9. Jīng 經 and yíng 營 are archaic and poetic words focussing on a concerted large-scale public effort.

    Word relations
  • Object: (BUILD)城/CITY WALL Chéng 城 refers to the inner city wall. It was originally built of rammed earth, but during the Han there were also walls built of bricks or stones.