Chinese symbol for “tectonic”

构造

gòu zào

Traditional: 構造

structure; composition; tectonic (geology); 个 (gè)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for tectonic is 构造 (gòu zào), defined as: structure; composition; tectonic (geology); 个 (gè).

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Characters and stroke order

构 gòu

to compose, to make; building, frame, structure

radical 75 ⽊ · 8 strokes

造 zào

to build, to construct, to invent, to manufacture

radical 162 ⾡ · 11 strokes

Traditional forms

構 gòu

Related words

Other words that share a character with 构造.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
机构 (機構)	jī gòu	mechanism; structure
结构 (結構)	jié gòu	structure; composition
构成 (構成)	gòu chéng	to constitute; to form
构建 (構建)	gòu jiàn	to construct (sth abstract)
架构 (架構)	jià gòu	to construct; to build; structure; framework; architecture
造成	zào chéng	to bring about; to create; to cause
创造 (創造)	chuàng zào	to create; to bring about
制造 (製造)	zhì zào	to manufacture; to make

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.