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Kanji Detail for 構 - "structure, to construct, to prepare"

構

  • Meaning

    構 means "structure, to construct, to prepare."

    1. Construct - To build; to put together.

    2. Structure - The way something is built; framework.

    3. Prepare - To get ready; to make arrangements.

    4. Care - To be concerned about; to mind.

  • Words using 構

    • 構造 こうぞう Listen structure; construction; makeup
    • 機構 きこう Listen mechanism; machinery; system
    • 構想 こうそう Listen plan; plot; idea
    • 構成 こうせい Listen composition; construction; formation
    • 構築 こうちく Listen construction; building; putting up
    • 構図 こうず Listen composition (of painting); structural outline; compositional arrangement
    • 結構 けっこう Listen splendid; nice; wonderful
    • 構内 こうない Listen premises; grounds; campus

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    • Verified meaning: structure, to construct, to prepare
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read かまい, かまえ)

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 構

    Surnames 構(かまい)Listen 構(かまえ)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    posture; stance; appearance; build; set up

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    frame, building, structure

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to construct; to form; to make up; to compose; literary composition; paper mulberry (Broussonetia papyrifera)

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to compose, to make; building, frame, structure

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    To frame a building. A son continuing his father's work is called "willing to build the hall, willing to frame it" (肯堂肯構). See Book of Documents. The character 構造 (construct) is now commonly corrupted to 搆, which is incorrect. | To accomplish. To contrive something is also called 構. Such as scheming to harm others is called 構陷 (to frame).

  • Onyomi

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    koh(コウ) コウ

  • Kunyomi

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    kama.eru(かま-える) かま-える

    kama.u(かま-う) かま-う

  • Strokes

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    14 strokes

  • Radical

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    木 (ki・kihen)

  • Related Keywords

    to construct structure to prepare care build frame arrangement composition configuration create design erect establish format order organization posture set up

Sentences including 構

  • All right. i'll take it.

  • Do you mind if we cross your garden?

  • No , thank you. i'm so full.

  • That is all right , so far as i am concerned.

  • Please don't go out of your way on my account.

  • I'm easy.

  • I don't care.

  • It's so exciting.

  • That's fine with me.

  • It's all the same to me.

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