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Keyword
be concerned about
  • posture
  • stance
  • appearance
  • build
  • set up
Frequency
#316
Strokes
14
Grade
5
JLPT (old)
N2
Heisig
1959
Readings
コウ79%
かま21%
Mnemonic
The villagers should be concerned about the tree leaning over their well, because if the wind topples it one more time, the water is ruined.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
機き構こう
mechanism; machinery; system; structure; organization; framework
Noun
構こう造ぞう
structure; construction; makeup; framework; organization; pattern
Noun
結けっ構こう
splendid; nice; wonderful; delightful; lovely; excellent; fine; sufficient; satisfactory; enough; …
Na-adjective
構こう想そう
plan; plot; idea; conception; vision; scheme
Noun
構こう成せい
composition; construction; formation; makeup; structure; organization; organisation
Noun
構こう築ちく
construction; building; putting up; erecting; creation; formulation; architecture (systems, agreement, etc.)
Noun
構こう図ず
composition (of painting); structural outline; compositional arrangement
Noun
構こう内ない
premises; grounds; campus; compound; precincts
Noun
構かまう
to mind; to care about; to be concerned about; to have a regard for; to be an issue; to matter; to create inconvenience; to keep company; to care for; to look after; …
Godan verb
心こころ構がまえ
preparedness; readiness; mental attitude; frame of mind
Noun
二に段だん構がまえ
keeping an alternative up one's sleeve; two-stage preparation
Noun
構かまえる
to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to establish; to run; to maintain; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to prepare in advance (e.g. a meal); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; …
Ichidan verb
遺い構こう
(archaeological) remains; remnants (of ancient structures); ancient foundation
Noun
虚きょ構こう
fiction; fabrication; concoction
Noun
構かまいません
no problem; it doesn't matter
Expression
構かまえ
structure; construction; appearance; posture (e.g. in martial arts); pose; stance; readiness; determination; preparedness; kanji enclosure type radical (must enclose at least two sides of the kanji)
Noun
構かじ
paper mulberry (Broussonetia papyrifera)
Noun
待まち構かまえる
to lie in wait (for); to be on the watch (for); to wait (for); to watch (for)
Ichidan verb
お構かまい
entertainment; hospitality
Noun
構こう文ぶん
sentence structure; grammatical construction; syntax
Noun
気き構がまえ
readiness; preparedness; attitude; kanji "vapor" radical
Noun
身み構がまえ
posture; attitude
Noun
店みせ構がまえ
store's appearance (esp. shop front, signs, etc.)
Noun