建筑物 (jiàn zhù wù)

Character breakdown

• 建 (jiàn) · 8 strokes

  Depicts a hand setting up a wooden post (聿) at the corner of a building site (𠃊).

• 筑 (Zhù) · 12 strokes

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

• 物 (wù) · 8 strokes

  Phonosemantic compound. 牛 represents the meaning and 勿 represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "variety", depicting the variety of colors on a cow. Later the meaning shifted to "things".