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構: frame; to construct

By November 13, 2015January 16th, 2017Chinese Word, Japanese Word, Language-Learning

 

構 [构] gòu


: to construct; to form; to make up; to compose
: frame, building, structure
: literary composition
: paper mulberry (Broussonetia papyrifera)

Kun Reading

構 | かじ kaji

noun
: paper mulberry (Broussonetia papyrifera)

構 OR 構え | かまえ kamae

noun
: kanji enclosure type radical (must enclose at least two sides of the kanji)
: posture (e.g. in martial arts); pose; style; stance

構う | かまう kamau

godan verb with u ending
: to mind; to care about; to be concerned about
: to care for; to look after
: to prepare for
: to interfere with; to meddle in
: to tease

構える | かまえる kamaeru

ichidan verb | transitive verb
: to set up (e.g. a building)
: to prepare in advance (e.g. a meal); to prepare to use something (e.g. a camera)
: to plan; to scheme
: to fabricate in order to deceive
: to stiffen; to become formal

On Reading

コウ kou

 Usage:

構[构]成 gou4cheng2: to constitute; to form; to compose; to make up; to configure (computing)
[構成 | こうせい kousei: organization; configuration; composition]
構[构]造 gou4zao4: structure; composition; tectonic (geology)
[構造 | こうぞう kouzou: structure; construction]
構[构]想 gou4xiang3: to conceive; concept
[構想 | こうそう kousou: plan; plot; idea; conception]
構[构]思 gou4si1: to design; to plot; to plan out; to compose; to draw a mental sketch; conception; plan; idea; composition
構[构]件 gou4jian4: member; component; part
結構 [结构] jie2gou4: structure; composition; makeup; architecture
[結構 | けっこう kekkou: splendid; nice; wonderful; delicious; sweet; sufficient; fine (in the sense of “I’m fine”); (by implication) no thank you
: well enough; OK; tolerable
: reasonably; fairly; tolerably
: (Archaism) construction; architecture]
機構 [机构] ji1gou4: mechanism; structure; organization; agency; institution
[機構 | きこう kikou: mechanism; organization]
架構[构] jia4gou4: to construct; to build; infrastructure; architecture; framework
同構[构] tong2gou4: isomorphism; isomorphic
[同構え | どうがまえ dougamae: kanji radical 13 (“upside-down box”)]
建構[构] jian4’gou4: to construct (often something abstract, such as good relations); to set up; to develop; construction (abstract); architecture



Japanese common word | expression | proverb
構へん | かまへん kamahen OR かめへん kamehen (kansai dialect)
: no problem; it doesn’t matter

構わない | かまわない kamawanai
: no problem; it doesn’t matter

構いません | かまいません kamai masen
: no problem; it doesn’t matter

御構いなく | おかまいなく okamainaku
: (polite language) please don’t fuss over me

結構大変 | けっこうたいへん kekkou taihen
: quite a chore; not that easy; fairly difficult

日光を見ない中は結構と言うな | にっこうをみないうちはけっこうというな nikkou o minai uchi wa kekkou to iuna
OR
日光を見ずして結構と言うなかれ | にっこうをみずしてけっこうというなかれ nikkou o mizushite kekkou to iunakare
: (proverb) see Nikko and die; don’t say “wonderful” until you’ve seen Nikko



Chinese expression | chengyu 成語 | idiom
向壁虛構 [向壁虚构] xiang4 bi4 xu1 gou4
: facing a wall, an imaginary construction; baseless fabrication

 Etymology:


形声 Pictophonetic.
(mu4: tree radical 75) suggests the meaning while
(gou4: inner room) provides the sound.



簡體 Simplified.
构. Created as unique simplification #77 (構 » 构) via replacement of character component.



 Examples:

脳の構造は複雑だ。
のうのこうぞうはふくざつだ nou no kouzou wa fukuzatsu da
The structure of the brain is complicated.

 
我構不到它。
wo3 gou4 bu4 dao4 ta1
I can’t reach it.

Resources: Chinese Dictionary | Japanese Dictionary