構

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构

🇨🇳

frame

HSK 10 N2

Nature →Plants →Trees

gòu

コウ

かま.える、かま.う

구

Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 冓 represents the sound.

Components

Traditional (構)

木 tree+ 冓 a secluded place =

構 frame

木 Meaning component

mù tree

冓 Phonetic component

gòu a secluded place

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Simplified (构)

木 tree+ 勾 cross out =

构 form, structure

木 Meaning component

mù tree

勾 Phonetic component

gōu cross out

hook, join, connect

勾 is a component form of 句.

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Notes

Historical Evolution

Seal

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

構

Regular

Modern

Chinese

构 / 構 [gòu]

to construct; to form; to make up; to compose; literary composition; paper mulberry (Broussonetia papyrifera)

Japanese

構え、構 (irreg.) かまえ同音

noun

structure; construction; appearance
posture (e.g. in martial arts); pose; stance
readiness; determination; preparedness
kanji enclosure type radical (must enclose at least two sides of the kanji) (e.g. 門)

梶、構、楮かじ、カジ同音

noun usually kana paper mulberry (Broussonetia papyrifera)

Example Sentences

Japanese Names

構かまい

Kamai surname

構かまえ

Kamae surname

CHINESE WORDS (79)

to construct (sth abstract)

构想 [gòuxiǎng] #15,014

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JAPANESE WORDS (200)

to set up (a house, store, etc.)

to put oneself on guard

構え [かまえ] #5,608

structure

⭐ 待ち構える [まちかまえる] #6,014

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KOREAN WORDS (14)

허구 #24,447

fiction; fabrication

구성 #25,796

formation; organization

구축 #33,150

construction; establishment

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