posture, stance, appearance, build, set up
構 centers on putting parts together into a deliberate arrangement: building a structure, setting up a framework, or adopting a particular posture or stance. The appearance sense follows naturally from how something is built or presented.
構 combines 木 (wood) with 冓, which likely contributes the sound and the idea of joining or framing. The character originally referred to building with wood, then extended to abstract structures and postures.
Wood 木 on the left and a frame-like 冓 on the right: picture timber being joined together to build a framework, giving the structure its posture and appearance.
For コウ, imagine a construction worker building a wooden frame and calling out 'Go!' as each piece is set up: Go -> コウ.
splendid; nice; wonderful; delightful; lovely; excellent; fine
structure; construction; makeup; framework; organization; pattern
composition; construction; formation; makeup; structure; organization; organisation
to mind; to care about; to be concerned about; to have a regard for
construction; building; putting up; erecting; creation; formulation; architecture (systems, agreement, etc.)
mechanism; machinery
plan; plot; idea; conception; vision; scheme
structure; construction; appearance
composition (of painting); structural outline; compositional arrangement
premises; grounds; campus; compound; precincts
to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to establish; to run; to maintain
preparedness; readiness; mental attitude; frame of mind
fiction; fabrication; concoction
entertainment; hospitality
sentence structure; grammatical construction
(archaeological) remains; remnants (of ancient structures); ancient foundation
posture; attitude
kanji "box" or "country" radical (radical 31); radical consisting of an enclosing box
to lie in wait (for); to be on the watch (for); to wait (for); to watch (for)
(facial) expression (esp. fierce, fearless, sinister, etc.); look