架橋(かきょう)

かきょう
noun
bridge building; bridging
formalbuilding
1. bridge building; bridge construction
The construction or installation of a bridge across a river, valley, or other gap.
川(かわ)に架橋(かきょう)する。
To build a bridge across a river.
海峡(かいきょう)への架橋(かきょう)工事(こうじ)が始(はじ)まった。
Construction of a bridge across the strait has begun.
この地域(ちいき)では大(おお)きな川(かわ)への架橋(かきょう)が長年(ながねん)の課題(かだい)だった。
Building a bridge over the large river had been a longstanding challenge for this area.
2. bridging; forming a connection
Figuratively, the act of creating a link or connection between different groups, cultures, or ideas.
文化(ぶんか)の架橋(かきょう)となる。
To serve as a cultural bridge.
両国(りょうこく)の架橋(かきょう)役(やく)を果(は)たす。
To serve as a bridge between the two countries.
異(こと)なる分野(ぶんや)の研究者(けんきゅうしゃ)間(かん)の架橋(かきょう)を目指(めざ)すシンポジウムが開催(かいさい)された。
A symposium was held aiming to bridge researchers from different fields.

架橋(かきょう) means building a bridge, used both literally for physical construction and figuratively for creating connections between groups or ideas.

Etymology

架(か) (to span, to build over) + 橋(きょう) (bridge). The character 架(か) conveys the idea of spanning or suspending something across a gap.

Common collocations

Register

A formal, written-style word. In everyday speech, 橋(はし)をかける or 橋(はし)を架(か)ける is more natural for literal bridge building.

Usage

In chemistry, 架橋(かきょう) also means cross-linking (of polymer chains).

Related Words

Related: 橋(はし) (bridge)
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