構

See also: 构 and 横
構 U+69CB, 構
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-69CB
← 槊
[U+69CA] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 槌 →
[U+69CC]

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

References
  • KangXi: 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

Chinese
trad. 構/搆*
simp. 构*
alternative forms 遘 “to form”
搆 – not used for “paper mulberry”

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, OC *koːs) : semantic 木 (“wood”) + phonetic 冓 (OC *koː, *koːs).

Pronunciation

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
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
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

構

  1. to form; to build
  2. to fabricate; to make up
  3. frame; structure; building
  4. paper mulberry (Broussonetia papyrifera)
    Synonyms: 楮 (chǔ), 榖 (gǔ)

Usage notes

Cantonese gau3 pronunciation is likely incorrect and is probably influenced by Mandarin.

Compounds

Descendants
  • → Thai: ก่อ (gɔ̀ɔ)

Japanese
Shinjitai 構
Kyūjitai
[1]
構󠄁
構+󠄁?
(Adobe-Japan1)
構󠄃
構+󠄃?
(Hanyo-Denshi)
(Moji_Joho)
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Kanji
構

(grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji)

  1. to build, construct

Readings

Compounds

Derived terms
  • 構(かま)いません (kamaimasen)

References
  1. “構”, in 漢字ぺディア (Kanjipedia)‎ (in Japanese), 日本漢字能力検定協会, 2015—2023

Korean

Hanja

構 (eumhun 집세울 구 (jipse'ul gu))

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

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

Vietnamese

Han character

構: Hán Nôm readings: cấu

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