構

See also: 构 and 横

Translingual

Han character

構 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+10, 14 strokes, cangjie input 木廿廿月 (DTTB), four-corner 4594₇, composition ⿰木冓)

Derived characters

• 𡒫, 𥵡

Descendants

• 构 (Simplified Chinese)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 546, character 7
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 15317
• Dae Jaweon: page 933, character 21
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1259, character 7
• Unihan data for U+69CB

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Chinese

trad.		構/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 木 (“wood”) + phonetic 冓 (OC *koː, *koːs).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gòu (gou⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄡˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kau³ / gau³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kiêu / kieu
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): kiò / kò͘

  (Teochew, Peng'im): gou³

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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/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kiêu / kieu
    • Hakka Romanization System: gieu´ / gieu
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gieu¹ / gieu⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /ki̯eu̯²⁴/, /ki̯eu̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiò
    • Tâi-lô: kiò
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kioix
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kio⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kò͘
    • Tâi-lô: kòo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kox
    • IPA (Taipei): /kɔ¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung, Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kɔ²¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: gou³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kòu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kou²¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: kuwH

Rime
Character	構
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	構
Reading #	1/1
No.	4191
Phonetic component	冓
Rime group	侯
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	遘
Old Chinese	/*koːs/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 構

1. to form; to build
2. to fabricate; to make up
3. frame; structure; building

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Japanese

Kanji

構

(Fifth grade kyōiku kanji)

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Readings

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

Compounds

• 構外(こうがい) (kōgai)
• 構成(こうせい) (kōsei)
• 構図(こうず) (kōzu)
• 構想(こうそう) (kōsō)
• 構造(こうぞう) (kōzō)
• 構築(こうちく) (kōchiku)
• 構内(こうない) (kōnai)
• 構文(こうぶん) (kōbun)

Derived terms

• 構(かま)いません (kamaimasen)

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Korean

Hanja

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

1. to build, construct (얽다)
2. paper mulberry (꾸지나무, 닥나무)

Synonyms

• (paper mulberry): 榖
• (paper mulberry): 楮

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 構 (cấu)

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