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gòu

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gòu Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
gòu | gou4
English translation
to compose, to make; building, frame, structure

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About gòu

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Number of strokes

14

Traditional form

gòu

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

Learning hint

wood

Etymology of gòu

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

木冓

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

gòu

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and Gōu represents the sound. Simplified form of gòu .

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Words with gòu

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
机构 jīgòu mechanism機構
结构 jiégòu structure結構
构成 gòuchéng to form構成
虚构 xū gòu to make up虛構
构建 gòu jiàn to construct (sth abstract)構建
构思 gòusī to design構思
构造 gòu zào structure構造
构想 gòu xiǎng to conceive構想
gòu to form gòu
架构 jià gòu to construct架構
构筑 gòu zhù to build構築
结构性 jié gòu xìng structural結構性
建构 jiàn gòu to set up建構
构图 gòu tú (art) composition構圖
重构 chóng gòu to reconstruct重構
构件 gòu jiàn member構件
构架 gòu jià structure構架
慈善机构 cí shàn jī gòu charity慈善機構
专门机构 zhuān mén jī gòu specialized agency專門機構
构型 gòu xíng structure構型

gòu Decomposition & Compounds

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