Chinese symbol for “constitute”
构成
gòu chéng
Traditional: 構成
to constitute; to form; to compose; to make up
The closest CC-CEDICT match for constitute is 构成 (gòu chéng), defined as: to constitute; to form; to compose; to make up; to configure (computing).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “constitute”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 组成 (組成) | zǔ chéng | to form; to make up |
| 属 (屬) | shǔ | category; genus (taxonomy) |
| 合成 | hé chéng | to compose; to constitute |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 构成.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 机构 (機構) | jī gòu | mechanism; structure |
| 结构 (結構) | jié gòu | structure; composition |
| 构造 (構造) | gòu zào | structure; composition |
| 构建 (構建) | gòu jiàn | to construct (sth abstract) |
| 架构 (架構) | jià gòu | to construct; to build; structure; framework; architecture |
| 成为 (成為) | chéng wéi | to become; to turn into |
| 完成 | wán chéng | to complete; to accomplish |
| 成功 | chéng gōng | to succeed; success |
See also: Japanese symbol for “constitute”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.