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構 かま.える、かま.う posture, build, pretend 3 316 14 75 き・きへん 形声 Phonetic Ideal posture is standing tall like a tree and having a V shape like a funnel

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コウ とち 機構(きこう): mechanism; organization; organisation構造(こうぞう): structure; construction構想(こうそう): plan; plot; idea; conception構成(こうせい): organization; organisation; configuration; composition結構(けっこう): (1) splendid; nice; wonderful; delicious; sweet (2) sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); (by implication) no thank you (3) well enough; OK; tolerable (4) reasonably; fairly; tolerably (5) construction; architecture構う(かまう): (1) to mind; to care about; to be concerned about (2) to care for; to look after (3) to prepare for (4) to interfere with; to meddle in (5) to tease構える(かまえる): (1) to set up (e.g. a building) (2) to prepare in advance (e.g. a meal); to prepare to use something (e.g. a camera) (3) to plan; to scheme (4) to fabricate in order to deceive (5) to stiffen; to become formal構いません(かまいません): no problem; it doesn't matterお構いなく(おかまいなく): please don't fuss over me構え(かまえ): posture (e.g. in martial arts); pose; style; stance 5 木: tree; wood冓: put together; inner palace 木 4 (none) posture I fell out of a tree and broke my neck. So they put one of those white funnels around my neck to correct my posture.

Kanji	構
Onyomi	コウ
Kunyomi	かま.える、かま.う
Nanori	とち
English	posture, build, pretend
Examples	機構(きこう): mechanism; organization; organisation 構造(こうぞう): structure; construction 構想(こうそう): plan; plot; idea; conception 構成(こうせい): organization; organisation; configuration; composition 結構(けっこう): (1) splendid; nice; wonderful; delicious; sweet (2) sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); (by implication) no thank you (3) well enough; OK; tolerable (4) reasonably; fairly; tolerably (5) construction; architecture 構う(かまう): (1) to mind; to care about; to be concerned about (2) to care for; to look after (3) to prepare for (4) to interfere with; to meddle in (5) to tease 構える(かまえる): (1) to set up (e.g. a building) (2) to prepare in advance (e.g. a meal); to prepare to use something (e.g. a camera) (3) to plan; to scheme (4) to fabricate in order to deceive (5) to stiffen; to become formal 構いません(かまいません): no problem; it doesn't matter お構いなく(おかまいなく): please don't fuss over me 構え(かまえ): posture (e.g. in martial arts); pose; style; stance
JLPT Level	3
Jouyou Grade	5
Frequency	316
Components	木: tree; wood 冓: put together; inner palace
Number of Strokes	14
Kanji Radical	木
Radical Number	75
Radical Strokes	4
Radical Reading	き・きへん
Traditional Form	(none)
Classification	形声 Phonetic
Keyword	posture
Koohii Story 1	Ideal posture is standing tall like a tree and having a V shape like a funnel
Koohii Story 2	I fell out of a tree and broke my neck. So they put one of those white funnels around my neck to correct my posture.

E.G Prepare Posture Organization Plan Care Put Tree