构

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to construct; to form; to make up; to compose; literary composition; paper mulberry (Broussonetia papyrifera)

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Formation & memory

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

木 meaning “wood” + 勾 sound ( gōu )

Components 木勾

frame · Heisig RSH #687

木 tree + cast

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
中国国家原子能机构	Zhōng guó Guó jiā Yuán zǐ néng Jī gòu	China Atomic Energy Agency (CAEA)
国际原子能机构	Guó jì Yuán zǐ néng Jī gòu	International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
教学机构	jiào xué jī gòu	educational organization
传动机构	chuán dòng jī gòu	transmission mechanism
同分异构体	tóng fēn yì gòu tǐ	isomer (chemistry)
分布式结构	fēn bù shì jié gòu	distributed architecture
巴勒斯坦民族权力机构	Bā lè sī tǎn Mín zú Quán lì Jī gòu	Palestinian National Authority
军事机构	jūn shì jī gòu	military institution
立体异构体	lì tǐ yì gòu tǐ	stereoisomer (chemistry)
物理结构	wù lǐ jié gòu	physical composition
结构主义	jié gòu zhǔ yì	structuralism
政治机构	zhèng zhì jī gòu	political organization
商业机构	shāng yè jī gòu	commercial organization
代数结构	dài shù jié gòu	algebraic structure
同分异构	tóng fēn yì gòu	isomerism (chemistry)
结构理论	jié gòu lǐ lùn	structural theory (physics)
构词学	gòu cí xué	morphology (linguistics)
立体异构	lì tǐ yì gòu	stereoisomerism (chemistry)
结构性	jié gòu xìng	structural
构造运动	gòu zào yùn dòng	tectonic movement; movement of earth's crust

Characters sharing the sound component 勾 — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
勾 sound part	gōu	to hook, to join, to connect; to entice
购	gòu	to buy, to purchase
沟	gōu	ditch, drain, gutter, narrow waterway