Japanese symbol for “psg”

句構造文法

くこうぞうぶんぽう

Romaji: kukouzoubunpou

phrase structure grammar; PSG

In Japanese, psg is 句構造文法, read くこうぞうぶんぽう (kukouzoubunpou).

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Meanings

n phrase structure grammar; PSG (ling)

Kanji and stroke order

句

phrase, clause, sentence

on: ク

5 strokes · JLPT 1

構

posture, stance, appearance

on: コウ
kun: かま.える、かま.う

14 strokes · JLPT 2

造

create, make, structure

on: ゾウ
kun: つく.る、つく.り、-づく.り

10 strokes · JLPT 2

文

sentence, literature, style

on: ブン、モン
kun: ふみ、あや

4 strokes · JLPT 3

法

method, law, rule

on: ホウ、ハッ、ホッ、フラン
kun: のり

8 strokes · JLPT 2

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

Word	Reading	Meaning
文句	もんく monku	complaint; grumbling; objection
俳句	はいく haiku	haiku; 17-mora poem, usu. in 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 morae
語句	ごく goku	words and phrases; words
節句	せっく sekku	seasonal festival
絶句	ぜっく zekku	being lost for words; becoming speechless
挙句	あげく ageku	after (a long process); at the end of
結構	けっこう kekkou	splendid; nice; wonderful
構造	こうぞう kouzou	structure; construction; makeup
製造	せいぞう seizou	manufacture; production
文化	ぶんか bunka	culture; civilization; civilisation
方法	ほうほう houhou	method; way; manner

Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.