构

构 U+6784, 构 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6784 ← 枃 [U+6783] CJK Unified Ideographs 枅 → [U+6785]

See also: 構 and 搆

Translingual

Han character

构 (radical 75 木+4, 8 strokes, cangjie input 木心戈 (DPI) or X木心戈 (XDPI), four-corner 4792₀, composition ⿰木勾)

References

• KangXi: page 514, character 21
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14523
• Dae Jaweon: page 902, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1174, character 1
• Unihan data for U+6784

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		构

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 木 + phonetic 勾 (OC *koː, *koːs).

Variant of 構 (OC *koːs).

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gòu, gōu (gou⁴, gou¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄡˋ, ㄍㄡ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: gòu
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄡˋ
    • Wade-Giles: kou⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gow
    • IPA ^(key): /koʊ̯⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Pinyin: gōu
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄡ
    • Wade-Giles: kou¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gou
    • IPA ^(key): /koʊ̯⁵⁵/

Definitions

构

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Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 构 – see 構. (This character, 构, is the simplified form of 構.)

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan.

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 构 – see 枸. (This character, 构, is a variant form of 枸.)

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Japanese

Kanji

构

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): こう (kō)
• Kun: かまえる (kamaeru), かまう (kamau)