搆

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See also: 構 and 构
搆 U+6406, 搆
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6406
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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

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 + phonetic 冓 (OC *koː, *koːs).

Pronunciation 1

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 		/kəuH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/kəuH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/kəuH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/kəwH/
Li
Rong 		/kuH/
Wang
Li 		/kəuH/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/kə̯uH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		gòu
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		gau3
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

  1. to cause; to lead to
  2. to build; to construct
  3. to touch

Derived terms

Pronunciation 2

Definitions

搆

  1. † to pull

Japanese

Kanji

搆

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

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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