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建築

JLPT N3 · Vocabulary

建築 — “architecture, construction”

建築 (read けんちく) means architecture, construction. It appears on the JLPT N3 vocabulary list and is a noun.

Reading

けんちく

Meaning

architecture, construction

建築 in a sentence

古ふるい建築けんちくを見学けんがくする。

I tour the old architecture.

The kanji in 建築

建to build (a structure)
築to build, to construct

Words that share a kanji with 建築

建物たてもの— building
建てるたてる— to build, to construct
建設けんせつ— construction
建つたつ— to be built, to be erected (of a building)
築くきずく— to build, to build up, to establish

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