構
gòu

form, structure

构 (構) gòu
compose verb
to create a literary or artistic work; the structure or conception of such a work

他在心中构了一篇短文。

tā zài xīn zhōng gòu le yī piān duǎn​wén.

He composed a short essay in his mind.

construct verb
to build, form, or constitute something, either physically or conceptually

这个理论构成了他整篇论文的基础。

zhè​ge lǐ​lùn gòu​chéng le tā zhěng piān lùn​wén de jī​chǔ.

This theory forms the foundation of his entire paper.

paper mulberry verb
the tree species Broussonetia papyrifera, historically used for making paper

构树的皮可以用来造纸。

gòu shù de pí kě​yǐ yòng​lái zào​zhǐ.

The bark of the paper mulberry tree can be used to make paper.

Frequency
Character
Written text
511th most common 415.3 per million
Movie subtitles
1,345th most common 55.1 per million appears in 25% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
1.10 per million appears in 1% of films
Written text
11.5 per million

Details
Simplified
构
Strokes
14
Unicode
U+69CB

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)