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構 — 14 strokes ／ Radical「木」

道
6Elementary year 5 ／ 14 strokes ／ Radical「木」
On
コウこう · kō
Kun
かま(える)・かま(う)kama(eru) · kama(u)
Meaning
to construct; posture; mind (about)

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

木 "wood" plus 冓 "timbers framed together"; putting a frame together — hence "to construct, stance."

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onコウこうkō構造こうぞう構内こうない結構けっこう
Kunかまえるkamaeru構えるかまえる構えかまえ
Kunかまうkamau構うかまう構わないかまわない

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 構造こうぞう

    structure

  • 結構けっこう

    quite; fine, no thank you

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

この橋(はし)の構造(こうぞう)を調(しら)べた。

I looked into the structure of this bridge.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

結構構造構結tie造to bui…条clause枝branch査to inv…格status桜cherry…効effect厚thick航to sai…耕to plo…鉱ore
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 木Map of reading コウAll maps

Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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