構 – posture, stance, appearance

14 strokesTaught in grade 5#316 in newspaper frequencyN5 vocabulary

The kanji 構 means posture, stance, appearance, build, set up. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is コウ (kou); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is かま.える、かま.う (kamaeru, kamau). It is written with 14 strokes, under radical 木 (no. 75).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	コウ	kou
Kun’yomi	かま.える	kamaeru
Kun’yomi	かま.う	kamau

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 木 (Kangxi radical 75). Components: 木・冂・一・十.

Words using 構

結構けっこうsplendid構成こうせいcomposition機構きこうmechanism構造こうぞうstructure構いませんかまいませんno problem構想こうそうplan構えるかまえるto set up (a house, store, etc.)

Example sentences

好奇心がお旺盛なのは大変に結構なことである。

A healthy curiosity is truly a fine thing.

Tatoeba #74945

どちらの日でも結構です。

Either day is OK.

Tatoeba #200732

いや結構です。たくさんいただきました。

No more, thank you. I'm full.

Tatoeba #228472

Kanji with the same radical

本東業来機権査案村果格検校木条楽

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