搆

See also: 構 and 构

搆	U+6406, 搆 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6406

← 搅
[U+6405]

CJK Unified Ideographs

搇 →
[U+6407]

Translingual

Han character

搆 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 手廿廿月 (QTTB), four-corner 5504₇, composition ⿰扌冓)

Derived characters

簼

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 445, character 36
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12447
Dae Jaweon: page 796, character 16
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1928, character 7
Unihan data for U+6406

Chinese

trad.		搆
simp.		构^*

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (冓) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
溝	*koː
篝	*koː
鞲	*koː
韝	koː, kʰoː
褠	*koː
冓	koː, koːs
構	*koːs
購	*koːs
媾	*koːs
覯	*koːs
遘	koːs, koːs
煹	*koːs
搆	*koːs
講	*kroːŋʔ
耩	*kroːŋʔ
傋	kroːŋʔ, qʰroːŋʔ
斠	*kroːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *koːs): semantic 扌 (“hand”) + phonetic 冓 (OC *koː, *koːs).

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): gòu (gou⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄡˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): kau³ / gau³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: gòu
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄡˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: gòu
  - Wade–Giles: kou⁴
  - Yale: gòu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gow
  - Palladius: гоу (gou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /koʊ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: kau³ / gau³
  - Yale: kau / gau
  - Cantonese Pinyin: kau³ / gau³
  - Guangdong Romanization: keo³ / geo³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɐu̯³³/, /kɐu̯³³/

Middle Chinese: kuwH

Rime
Character	搆
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	侯 (137)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	古候切
Baxter	kuwH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kəu^H/
Pan Wuyun	/kəu^H/
Shao Rongfen	/kəu^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kəw^H/
Li Rong	/ku^H/
Wang Li	/kəu^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kə̯u^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	gòu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gau³

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*koːs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	搆
Reading #	1/1
No.	4199
Phonetic component	冓
Rime group	侯
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	遘
Old Chinese	/*koːs/
Notes	見國語

Definitions

搆

to cause; to lead to
to build; to construct
to touch

Derived terms

搆和 / 构和
搆怨 / 构怨 (gòuyuàn)
搆思 / 构思 (gòusī)
搆木為巢 / 构木为巢
搆疾 / 构疾
搆釁 / 构衅
搆陷 / 构陷 (gòuxiàn)
搆隙 / 构隙

Pronunciation 2

Mandarin
(Pinyin): gōu (gou¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄡ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: gōu
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄡ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: gou
  - Wade–Giles: kou¹
  - Yale: gōu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gou
  - Palladius: гоу (gou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /koʊ̯⁵⁵/

Definitions

搆

(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to pull

Japanese

Kanji

搆

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

Go-on: く (ku)
Kan-on: こう (kō)
Kun: かまえる (kamaeru, 搆える)、かまえ (kamae, 搆え)、かまう (kamau, 搆う)

Korean

Hanja

搆 • (gu) (hangeul 구, revised gu, McCune–Reischauer ku, Yale kwu)

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Vietnamese

Han character

搆: Hán Nôm readings: cấu

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