Onyomi: コウ · Kunyomi: かま.う, かま.える · Meanings: appearance, build, posture, set up, stance
Kanji for appearance, build, posture, set up, stance
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構 is made from 木, meaning “wood,” and 冓, which has the sense of joining or putting together. It shows wooden parts being connected to form something. From this idea of building by joining pieces, 構 came to mean to construct, set up, or structure.
Wooden parts are joined to make a structure. That building is 構.
Think of wood being carefully put together. That construction is 構.
| Word | Reading | Meaning | Meta |
|---|---|---|---|
| 構え | かまえ | structure, construction, appearance | JLPT-N1 Noun |
| 梶 | かじ | paper mulberry (Broussonetia papyrifera) | Noun |
| 構う | かまう | to mind, to care about, to be concerned about, to have a regard for | common JLPT-N3 Godan verb with 'u' ending, Intransitive verb |
| 構成 | こうせい | composition, construction, formation, makeup, structure, organization, organisation | common JLPT-N3 Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb |
| 構造 | こうぞう | structure, construction, makeup, framework, organization, pattern | common JLPT-N2 Noun |
| 構想 | こうそう | plan, plot, idea, conception, vision, scheme | common JLPT-N1 Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb |
| 構える | かまえる | to set up (a house, store, etc.), to build, to establish, to run, to maintain | common JLPT-N1 Ichidan verb, Transitive verb |
| 構内 | こうない | premises, grounds, campus, compound, precincts | common Noun |
| 構築 | こうちく | construction, building, putting up, erecting, creation, formulation, architecture (systems, agreement, etc.) | common Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb |
| 構いません | かまいません | no problem, it doesn't matter | Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.) |