构

See also: 構 and 搆

Translingual

Han character

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

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 514, character 21
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14523
• Dae Jaweon: page 902, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): 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／形声) : 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)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gòu
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gòu
    • Wade–Giles: kou⁴
    • Yale: gòu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gow
    • Palladius: гоу (gou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /koʊ̯⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gōu
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄡ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gou
    • Wade–Giles: kou¹
    • Yale: gōu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gou
    • Palladius: гоу (gou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /koʊ̯⁵⁵/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 构

1. (deprecated template usage) Alternative form of 構／构.

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 构 – see 構 (“to form; to build; to fabricate; to make up; etc.”). (This character is the simplified and variant form of 構).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, 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 is a variant form of 枸).

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Japanese

Kanji

构

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

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