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構
構
Translingual
Han character
構 (radical 75 木+10, 14 strokes, cangjie input 木廿廿月 (DTTB), four-corner 45947, composition ⿰木冓)
References
- KangXi: page 546, character 7
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 15317
- Dae Jaweon: page 933, character 21
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1259, character 7
- Unihan data for U+69CB
Chinese
| trad. | 構 | |
|---|---|---|
| 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, OC *koːs) : semantic 木 (“wood”) + phonetic 冓 (OC *koː, *koːs).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄍㄡˋ
- Wade-Giles: kou4
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gow
- IPA (key): /koʊ̯⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: kau3, gau3
- Yale: kau, gau
- Cantonese Pinyin: kau3, gau3
- IPA (key): /kʰɐu̯³³/, /kɐu̯³³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kiêu / kieu
- Hakka Romanization System: gieu´ / gieu
- Hagfa Pinyim: gieu1 / gieu4
- IPA: /ki̯eu̯²⁴/, /ki̯eu̯⁵⁵/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kò͘
- Tâi-lô: kòo
- Phofsit Daibuun: kox
- IPA (Xiamen): /kɔ²¹/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔ⁴¹/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɔ²¹/
- IPA (Taipei): /kɔ¹¹/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɔ²¹/
- (Hokkien)
| 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 |
| 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
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
構
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Readings
- Goon: く (ku) (non-Jōyō reading)
- Kan’on: こう (kō)
- Kun: かまえる (構える, kamaeru), かまえ (構え, kamae), かまう (構う, kamau)
Compounds
Derived terms
- 構いません (kamaimasen)
Vietnamese
Han character
構 (cấu)
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