築

ちく

Meanings

1. Prefix ... years since construction; ... years old (of a building) (before a number of years, e.g. 築十年)
2. Suffix built in ... (after a time, e.g. 1980年築)

Kanji

• 築 build up. Read as チク.

Example sentences

• この家って築200年なの？オンボロ過ぎるでしょう。
  Was this house built 200 years ago? It seems so dilapidated.
• あの家屋は築５００年です。
  Those houses are 500 years old.
• この家は、築100年です。
  This house was built a hundred years ago.

Words containing 築

• 建築 (けんちく) construction
• 構築 (こうちく) construction
• 建築家 (けんちくか) architect

And 88 more.

Word lists

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