Japanese Jouyou-kanji “構” means “Posture”, “Readiness” or “Be ready” etc.
| Stroke # |
14 Strokes |
| On-Yomi |
こう(kou) |
| Kun-Yomi |
かま(える)(kama(eru)) |
| Meanings |
Construction, Structure, Framework, Appearance, Style |
| Construct, Assemble, Form |
| Envision, Scheme, Form a plan, Intend to do |
| Posture, Be ready, Hold on, Stand ready for |
| Care for, Mind, Entertain, Tease |
| Words |
Meanings |
| 構外(こうがい-ko u ga i) |
Outside the premises, Off grounds, Out of bounds, Outside the bounds |
| 構図(こうず-ko u zu) |
composition, Arranging each part appropriately to make a whole |
| 構成(こうせい-ko mu se i) |
Constitution, Configuration, Composition, Organization, Structure, Assembling the whole by gathering each part |
| 構想(こうそう-ko u so u) |
Plan, Design, Conceptualize, Conceive, Conceptualise, Assemble and put together from several ideas |
| 構造(こうぞう-ko u zo u) |
Structure, Configuration, Combination of parts that make up one thing |
| 構築(こうちく-ko u chi ku) |
Construction, Building, Establish, Putting u, Erecting, Creation |
| 構内(こうない-ko u na i) |
Premises, Grounds, Campus, Compound, Precincts |
| 構文(こうぶん-ko u bu n) |
Sentence structure, Syntax, Grammatical construction |
| 遺構(いこう-i ko u) |
Remnants of an old building, Relic, Remains |
| 改構(かいこう-ka i ko u) |
Rebuilding, Reconstruction, Structural alteration (of a building) |
| 仮構(かこう-ka ko u) |
① Fiction, Fabrication, ② Temporary structure |
| 機構(きこう-ki ko u) |
① Mechanism, Mechanical structure, ② Organization, Institution |
| 虚構(きょこう-kyo ko u) |
Imaginary thing, Fiction, Fictitious thing |
| 結構(けっこう-ke kko u) |
① Build structure, Assemble a structure, ② Splendid, Good, Nice, ③ Don’t need, Decline, ➃ More than expected |
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