Chinese symbol for “construct”
建筑
jiàn zhù
Traditional: 建築
to construct; building; 个 (gè)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for construct is 建筑 (jiàn zhù), defined as: to construct; building; 个 (gè).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “construct”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 建造 | jiàn zào | to construct; to build |
| 构建 (構建) | gòu jiàn | to construct (sth abstract) |
| 架构 (架構) | jià gòu | to construct; to build; structure; framework; architecture |
| 建设 (建設) | jiàn shè | to build; to construct; to establish; to develop; to institute |
| 建构 (建構) | jiàn gòu | to construct (often sth abstract, such as good relations); to set up |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 建筑.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 建设 (建設) | jiàn shè | to build; to construct; to establish; to develop; to institute |
| 建立 | jiàn lì | to establish; to set up |
| 建议 (建議) | jiàn yì | to propose; to suggest; to recommend; proposal; suggestion; recommendation (点 (diǎn)) |
| 建造 | jiàn zào | to construct; to build |
| 建成 | jiàn chéng | to establish; to build |
| 建筑物 (建築物) | jiàn zhù wù | building; structure |
| 建筑师 (建築師) | jiàn zhù shī | architect |
| 构筑 (構築) | gòu zhù | to build; to construct |
See also: Japanese symbol for “construct”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.