Dong Chinese dictionary

gòu

form, structure

Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 勾 represents the sound. Simplified form of 構.

Components

木 Meaning component

mù

tree

勾 Sound component

gōu, gòu

hook

勾 is a component form of 句.

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Traditional script

Modern

Simplified script

Modern

Definitions

gòu

frame, building, structure; to construct; to form; to make up; to compose; literary composition; paper mulberry (Broussonetia papyrifera)

gòu

variant of 構|构[gòu]; (Tw) (coll.) variant of 夠|够[gòu]; to reach by stretching

Most common words with 构

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