构 (gòu): (Tw) (coll.) variant of 夠|够, to reach by stretching, to construct
构 (gòu) is a Chinese character meaning “(tw) (coll.) variant of 夠|够.” Classified as HSK Level 5 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 木 (semantic) and 勾 (phonetic). It ranks #511 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 构 wood. Its radical form 木 (tree) appears in many related characters such as 本 (běn, (bound form) root), 机 (jī, machine, opportunity), 条 (tiáo, strip).
Definitions
- (Tw) (coll.) variant of 夠|够
- to reach by stretching
- to construct
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 构
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning | HSK |
|---|---|---|---|
| 机构noun | jī gòu | mechanism | 5 |
| 结构noun | jié gòu | structure | 5 |
| 构成verb/noun | gòu chéng | to constitute | 5 |
| 构造verb | gòu zào | structure | 6 |
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 虚构verb | xū gòu | to make up |
| 构思verb | gòu sī | to design |
| 构想verb | gòu xiǎng | to conceive |
| 构建verb | gòu jiàn | to construct (sth abstract) |
| 架构verb | jià gòu | to construct |
| 构图verb | gòu tú | (art) composition |
| 构筑verb | gòu zhù | to build |
| 建构verb | jiàn gòu | to construct (often sth abstract, such as good relations) |
| 结构性noun | jié gòu xìng | structural |
| 重构verb | chóng gòu | to reconstruct |
| 构件noun | gòu jiàn | member |
| 中国国家原子能机构 | zhōng guó guó jiā yuán zǐ néng jī gòu | China Atomic Energy Agency (CAEA) |
| 国际原子能机构 | guó jì yuán zǐ néng jī gòu | International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) |
| 军事机构 | jūn shì jī gòu | military institution |
| 教学机构 | jiào xué jī gòu | educational organization |
构 appears in 76 compound words: 21 as the first character, 61 as the last, and 18 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 构 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (7)
Example Sentences
爷爷在门前种了一棵构苗，现在已经长得很高了。
yé yé zài mén qián zhǒng le yī kē gòu miáo , xiàn zài yǐ jīng cháng dé hěn gāo le .
Grandfather planted a mulberry sapling by the door, and now it has grown quite tall.
新周刊!南宁做司法亲子鉴定的机构名单整理(附2026鉴定地址汇总)
xīn zhōu kān ! nán nìng zuò sī fǎ qīn zǐ jiàn dìng de jī gòu míng dān zhěng lǐ ( fù 2 0 2 6 jiàn dìng dì zhǐ huì zǒng )
New Weekly! List of institutions that do judicial paternity testing in Nanning (with a summary of 2026 appraisal addresses)
研究机构表示,习近平对中国军队的清洗行动会削弱指...
yán jiū jī gòu biǎo shì , xí jìn píng duì zhōng guó jūn duì de qīng xǐ háng dòng huì xiāo ruò zhǐ . . .
Research institutes say Xi Jinping's purge of the Chinese military will weaken the fingers...
...概念追踪 | 春晚人形机器人爆火出圈!机构预计今年年产业链迎来规模放量阶段(附概念...
. . . gài niàn zhuī zōng chūn wǎn rén xíng jī qì rén bào huǒ chū juān ! jī gòu yù jì jīn nián nián chǎn yè liàn yíng lái guī mó fàng liàng jiē duàn ( fù gài niàn . . .
... Concept Tracking | The humanoid robot of the Spring Festival Gala exploded out of the circle! The agency expects that this year's industrial chain will usher in a stage of large-scale volume (with concepts...
从投行看大陆/VIE架构境外上市备案实务
cóng tóu háng kàn dà lù V I E jià gòu jìng wài shàng shì bèi àn shí wù
From the perspective of investment banks, the mainland/VIE structure overseas listing filing practice
灵魂是由理性、意志和情欲构成的。
Línghún shì yóu lǐxìng, yìzhì hé qíngyù gòuchéng de.
The soul is made up of reason, determination, and passion.
我构不到那罐番茄罐头。
Wǒ gòu bù dào nà guàn fānqié guàntou.
I can't reach that can of tomatoes.
如果我是同志那又怎样？这能构成犯罪吗？
Rúguǒ wǒ shì tóngzhì nà yòu zěnyàng? zhè néng gòuchéng fànzuì ma?
And if I were gay, would that be a crime?
经理打算改良公司的结构。
Jīnglǐ dǎsuàn gǎiliáng gōngsī de jiégòu.
The manager wants to improve the company's structuring.
头脑的结构很复杂。
Tóunǎo de jiégòu hěn fùzá.
The brain has a complex structure.
Character Family
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