Cognitive "construal" is the core concept in cognitive grammar， which plays a pivotal role in the dynamic generation and comprehension of linguistic meaning， and is the primary source of the subjectivity inherent in language meaning. Based on CiteSpace （6.4.R1）， a bibliometric analysis of 385 research articles， which are related to cognitive "construal"， published in 2004?2023 in CNKI （China National Knowledge Infrastructure） database， and included in CSSCI（Chinese Social Sciences Citation Index） database and on Core Journals List issued by Peking University， has been conducted. The research reveals that study on cognitive "construal" has evolved through three stages： the embryonic stage， the developmental stage， and the mature stage， which has been characterized by long?lasting span， distinct stage features，stable research scale， and prominent core researchers； that cognitive "construal" research focuses on both theoretical ontology particularly emphasizing the dimension of "construal" and interdisciplinary integration involving such fields as cognitive translatology and critical cognitive linguistics； and that future research should align with the social turn in cognitive linguistics by incorporating cultural factors into its analytical framework， and while clarifying the classification rationale and broadening analytical dimensions the study should emphasize the integration between subjective "construal" and objective "construal" incorporating both micro?level "construal" and macro?level "construal" into a unified analytical framework.