構

音読おんよみ: コウ

訓読くんよみ: かまえる・かまう

画数かくすう: 14

部首ぶしゅ: きへん（木）

Meaning

Build / Structure / Compose / Mind

Conjugation
Tap for 構える (to set up) Tap for 構う (care about)
  • 構かまえる — to set up; to position oneself
  • 構かまう — to care; to mind
  • 構成こうせい — composition; structure
  • 構造こうぞう — structure; construction
  • 構図こうず — composition (of an image)
  • 構想こうそう — concept; idea
  • 構内こうない — premises; campus

This character combines 木 (tree) and 冓 (an old form related to assembling). The original meaning was to build something by joining wood together, later expanding to abstract uses like “structure,” “format,” or “take position.” It can also mean “to care” or “to mind” someone’s actions, showing the flexibility of its use.

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