Dong Chinese dictionary

zhù, zhú

ancient lute

A building 巩 of bamboo ⺮ and wood 木; ⺮also provides the pronunciation

Components

⺮ Meaning component

zhú

bamboo

巩 Meaning component

gǒng

secure, bind

木 Meaning component

mù

tree

Evolution

Bronze script

Warring States (475-221 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

zhú

build, erect; building

zhù

to build; to construct; to ram; to hit; Taiwan pr. [zhú]

Most common words with 築

Sources