搆

See also: 構 and 构

搆 U+6406, 搆 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6406 ← 搅 [U+6405] CJK Unified Ideographs 搇 → [U+6407]

Translingual

Han character

搆 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 手廿廿月 (QTTB), four-corner 5504₇, composition ⿰扌冓)

Derived characters

• 簼

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 445, character 36
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12447
• Dae Jaweon: page 796, character 16
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1928, character 7
• Unihan data for U+6406

Chinese

trad.		搆
simp.		构*

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (冓) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
溝	*koː
篝	*koː
鞲	*koː
韝	*koː, *kʰoː
褠	*koː
冓	*koː, *koːs
構	*koːs
購	*koːs
媾	*koːs
覯	*koːs
遘	*koːs, *koːs
煹	*koːs
搆	*koːs
講	*kroːŋʔ
耩	*kroːŋʔ
傋	*kroːŋʔ, *qʰroːŋʔ
斠	*kroːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *koːs) : semantic 扌 + phonetic 冓 (OC *koː, *koːs).

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gòu (gou⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄡˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kau³, gau³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gòu
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gòu
    • Wade–Giles: kou⁴
    • Yale: gòu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gow
    • Palladius: гоу (gou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /koʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kau³, gau³
    • Yale: kau, gau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kau³, gau³
    • Guangdong Romanization: keo³, geo³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɐu̯³³/, /kɐu̯³³/

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• Middle Chinese: kuwH

Rime
Character	搆
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	侯 (137)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	古候切
Baxter	kuwH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kəuH/
Pan Wuyun	/kəuH/
Shao Rongfen	/kəuH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kəwH/
Li Rong	/kuH/
Wang Li	/kəuH/
Bernard Karlgren	/kə̯uH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	gòu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gau3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*koːs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	搆
Reading #	1/1
No.	4199
Phonetic component	冓
Rime group	侯
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	遘
Old Chinese	/*koːs/
Notes	見國語

Definitions

搆

1. to cause; to lead to
2. to build; to construct
3. to touch

Derived terms

• 搆和／构和
• 搆怨／构怨 (gòuyuàn)
• 搆思／构思 (gòusī)
• 搆木為巢／构木为巢
• 搆疾／构疾
• 搆釁／构衅
• 搆陷／构陷 (gòuxiàn)
• 搆隙／构隙

 

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gōu (gou¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄡ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gōu
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄡ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gou
    • Wade–Giles: kou¹
    • Yale: gōu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gou
    • Palladius: гоу (gou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /koʊ̯⁵⁵/

Definitions

搆

1. ^† to pull

Japanese

Kanji

搆

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: く (ku)
• Kan-on: こう (kō)
• Kun: かまえる (kamaeru, 搆える); かまえ (kamae, 搆え); かまう (kamau, 搆う)

Korean

Hanja

搆 • (gu) (hangeul 구, revised gu, McCune–Reischauer ku, Yale kwu)

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Vietnamese

Han character

搆: Hán Nôm readings: cấu

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