营造

yíngzào · HSK 7

construct

🏗️ 营造 = 营 manage/operate + 造 make = bring something into being by working at it

营 carries the sense of running or managing an effort (as in 经营 to run a business); 造 means to make or create (as in 制造 to manufacture). Together they mean to construct or build up, often an atmosphere or environment.

造 — 辶 (walk) + 告 (tell/announce)
造 combines the walking radical 辶 with 告 (announce), which also gives the sound. Originally it meant 'to go and report to,' then 'to reach' or 'arrive at.' Over time the meaning shifted to 'to make' or 'to build,' the sense most common today.

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