懂中文 Dong Chinese

構

gòu

form, structure

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

Components
木 meaning component

木  Meaning component

mù

  

tree

冓 sound component

冓  Sound component

gòu

  

a secluded place

Evolution

構 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
構 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
構 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
構 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

构 (構) 

gòu

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

Most common words with 構
Freq.
Word
Meaning

机构

mechanism

结构

structure

构成

to form

虚构

to make up

构建

to construct (sth abstract)