筑

12 strokes
Jinmeiyou kanji used in names
Kentei exam level Pre-1

an ancient musical instrument

On'yomi
  • チク
Nanori
  • つく
  • づき

Main Radical

竹(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

つく 94.0%
チク 4.5%
づき 1.5%

Character Breakdown

an ancient musical instrument
つく　チク　づき (Kentei Pre-1)
bamboo
たけ　チク　たか (1st, N2)
individual(個) variant
knife, wrapping enclosure(勹) variant
feathered stick, barb radical (no. 6)
ケツ　かぎ (Kentei 1)
bind, firm, secure
キョウ
craft, construction, katakana e radical (no. 48)
コウ　ク　もく (2nd, N4)
commonplace, ordinary, mediocre
ボン　およ.そ　ハン (7th, N1)
table, table enclosure, table or windy radical (no. 16)
キ　きにょう (Kentei 1)
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)

Contained In

築

Common Words

ちく
筑
ぜん
前
に
煮
chikuzenni
ちく
筑
ぜん
前
Chikuzen (former province located in the west of present-day Fukuoka Prefecture)
つく
筑
し
紫
Tsukushi (provinces of Chikuzen and Chikugo in northern Kyushu)
つく
筑
しの
紫
くに
国
Tsukushi (former province that was split up into Chikuzen and Chikugo)
ひ
肥
ちく
筑
ほう
方
げん
言
Hichiku dialect (western Kyushu)
ちく
筑
ご
後
Chikugo (former province located in the south of present-day Fukuoka Prefecture)
ちく
筑
しゅう
州
Chikushū (the two former provinces of Chikuzen and Chikugo)
に
二
ちく
筑
Nichiku (the two former provinces of Chikuzen and Chikugo)
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References

Unicode hex code 7B51
JIS X 0208 1-35-62
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 3389
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 4280
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 3316
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 2334
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 2637
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 2681
O'Neill, P.G. Japanese Names 1771
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 26002X
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 6f6.6
Four corner code 8811.7