築つい地じ

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Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 10,000

Meanings

roofed mud wall; mud wall with a tiled roof

A traditional Japanese earthen wall topped with a tiled roof, often seen in temple or old residential compounds. The term is somewhat specialized, used in architectural or historical contexts.

Usage patterns

〈場ば所しょ〉に築つい地じを巡めぐらすto enclose a place with a roofed mud wall
寺てらの境けい内だいには古ふるい築つい地じが巡めぐらされていた。
The temple grounds were enclosed by an old roofed mud wall.

Kanji

築fabricate, build, construct
地ground, earth
墻fence, hedge

Related words

築つい地じ塀べい
築地 is the general term for this style of roofed mud wall, while 築地塀 specifically names the constructed wall itself.
土ど塀べい
土塀 is a plain earthen wall without the tiled roof cap that defines a 築地.
大おお垣がき
築地 is the general term for a roofed mud wall, while 大垣 usually describes a larger or grander version surrounding temples or villas.

Don't confuse with

築つき地じ
Written the same way, 築地 read ついじ means a roofed mud wall, while 築地 read つきじ is the place name for Tokyo's famous fish-market district.
築つき山やま
築山 is a man-made hill in a garden, while 築地 is a mud-plastered wall or earthen fence often found in the same garden.

Word family

築つい地じ塀べい
roofed mud wall

Written forms

築つい地じUsage100%
Standard kanji spelling; the most common written form.
築墻ついじ
Rare variant using 墻 (wall); not commonly encountered.

Etymology

Compound of 築 (tsui, 'building up' or 'piling up') and 地 (ji, 'earth'), referring to a wall built up from earth. The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the term has been used since the Heian period for roofed earthen walls.