構 Kanji – posture
The Japanese kanji 構 can mean posture, build, pretend.
Meaning and Readings
How is 構 read?
構 has the onyomi reading コウ and the kunyomi readings かまえる, かまう.
In romaji, these readings can be written as kou, kamaeru, kamau.
Common Japanese Words Using 構
These common Japanese words contain 構. Select linked kanji to explore their meanings and readings.
- 遺構（いこう） — (archaeological) remains, remnants (of ancient structures), ancient foundation
- 機構（きこう） — mechanism, machinery
- 虚構（きょこう） — fiction, fabrication, concoction
- 結構（けっこう） — splendid, nice, wonderful, delightful, lovely, excellent, fine
- 構う（かまう） — to mind, to care about, to be concerned about, to have a regard for
- 構える（かまえる） — to set up (a house, store, etc.), to build, to establish, to run, to maintain
- 構図（こうず） — composition (of painting), structural outline, compositional arrangement
- 構成（こうせい） — composition, construction, formation, makeup, structure, organization, organisation
- 構想（こうそう） — plan, plot, idea, conception, vision, scheme
- 構造（こうぞう） — structure, construction, makeup, framework, organization, pattern