構
gòu

form, structure

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Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 冓 represents the sound.

Components

木
木 Meaning component
mù tree
冓
冓 Sound component
gòu, gōu a secluded place

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangkoːs
Unicodegòu

說文解字

《說文》：“構，蓋也。从木，冓聲。杜林以為椽桷字。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)