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five-string lute; Taiwan pr. [zhu2]

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Formation & memory

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Ideographic compound (会意字)

A strong 巩 bamboo ⺮ building; ⺮ also provides the pronunciation

Components ⺮巩

construct · Heisig RSH #2047

竹 bamboo + I-beam + 凡 ordinary

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
建筑工人	jiàn zhù gōng rén	construction worker; builder
上层建筑	shàng céng jiàn zhù	superstructure
高层建筑	gāo céng jiàn zhù	high-rise building; skyscraper
债台高筑	zhài tái gāo zhù	lit. build a high desk of debt (idiom); heavily in debt
建筑学	jiàn zhù xué	architectural; architecture
筑室道谋	zhù shì dào móu	lit. ask passers-by how to build one's house (idiom); fig. to have no idea what to do; wit…
建筑物	jiàn zhù wù	building; structure; edifice
建筑业	jiàn zhù yè	building industry
建筑师	jiàn zhù shī	architect
建筑群	jiàn zhù qún	building complex; cluster of buildings
筑城	zhù chéng	fortification
筑波	Zhù bō	Tsukuba (city in Japan)
板筑	bǎn zhù	variant of 版築\|版筑[ban3 zhu4]
修筑	xiū zhù	to build
建筑	jiàn zhù	to construct; building; CL:個\|个[ge4]
版筑	bǎn zhù	to construct a rammed-earth wall
构筑	gòu zhù	to build; to construct
筑牢	zhù láo	to fortify; to strengthen; to firmly establish (safeguards, foundations or other abstract …
筑巢	zhù cháo	to nest; to build a nest
浇筑	jiāo zhù	to pour (concrete etc)