TSUMUGU · TOCFL 3 (est.) · 字
築
築 ＝ 筑 ＋ 木
ㄓㄨˊ · zhú
verb — to build
字源 FORM — what the parts do
筑聲zhú — gives the soundbamboo 竹 over 巩, a hand pressing down; itself the name of an old struck instrument
Earth pounded hard between wooden boards — the old way to raise a wall. 木 is the wood of the rammer and the frames; 筑 zhú lends the sound, itself the name of an old struck instrument. Built up course by course: 築牆、建築.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
兩片木板（木）夾好，土倒進去，木杵一下一下落——牆又高了一層。
Boards (木) clamped, earth poured in; the wooden rammer falls and falls — the wall gains a course.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)夯土、築牆— to pound earth — to raise a wall
→建築— to build; architecture常用
→築巢— to build a nest
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
建jiànthe partner in 建築 — laying the plan out筑zhúthe bare donor — the old instrument