俱

See also: 倶 and 具

Translingual

Han character

俱 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+8, 10 strokes, cangjie input 人月一金 (OBMC), four-corner 2628₁, composition ⿰亻具)

Derived characters

• 𣯒

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 106, character 8
• Dae Jaweon: page 226, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 177, character 2
• Unihan data for U+4FF1

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		俱
alternative forms		倶 ⿰亻⿵冂大 second round simplified

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 俱
Bronze inscriptions b12300 Small seal script s05754 Transcribed ancient scripts L35957
References: Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including: Shuowen Jiezi (small seal), Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions), Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

Characters in the same phonetic series (具) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
俱	*ko, *ɡos
椇	*koʔ
具	*ɡos
埧	*ɡos
颶	*ɡos

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jù, jū (ju⁴, ju¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄩˋ, ㄐㄩ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): keoi¹ / geoi¹
• Eastern Min (BUC): gê̤ṳ
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): kū / kī / khū

  (Teochew, Peng'im): gu⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jù
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄩˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jyù
    • Wade–Giles: chü⁴
    • Yale: jyù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiuh
    • Palladius: цзюй (czjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕy⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, variant)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jū
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄩ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jyu
    • Wade–Giles: chü¹
    • Yale: jyū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiu
    • Palladius: цзюй (czjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕy⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: keoi¹ / geoi¹
    • Yale: kēui / gēui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: koey¹ / goey¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: kêu¹ / gêu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɵy̯⁵⁵/, /kɵy̯⁵⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: gê̤ṳ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /køy²⁴²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kū
    • Tâi-lô: kū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ku
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ku⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ku²²/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kī
    • Tâi-lô: kī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ki
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ki²²/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khū
    • Tâi-lô: khū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qu
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kʰu³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: gu⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kŭ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: kju

Rime
Character	俱
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	虞 (24)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	舉朱切
Baxter	kju
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kɨo/
Pan Wuyun	/kio/
Shao Rongfen	/kio/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kuə̆/
Li Rong	/kio/
Wang Li	/kĭu/
Bernard Karlgren	/ki̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jū
Expected Cantonese Reflex	geoi1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*k(r)o/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ko/, /*ɡos/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	俱
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	jù
Middle Chinese	‹ kju ›
Old Chinese	/*k(r)o/
English	all, together
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	俱	俱
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	7131	7135
Phonetic component	具	具
Rime group	侯	侯
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	拘	懼
Old Chinese	/*ko/	/*ɡos/
Notes		具今分化字

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 俱

1. all; together

   • 竇燕山，有義方。教五子，名俱揚。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
     窦燕山，有义方。教五子，名俱扬。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]

     From: Three Character Classic, circa 13^th century CE

     Dòu Yānshān, yǒu yìfāng. Jiāo wǔ zǐ, míng jù yáng. [Pinyin]

     Dou of Mount Yan, had the right way. He taught five sons, who all raised the family reputation.

2. to accompany
3. a surname

Compounds

Synonyms

• (all): 均 (jūn), 全 (quán), 都 (dū), 皆 (jiē)

References

• “俱”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

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Japanese

Kanji

俱

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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Readings

• Go-on: く (ku)
• Kan-on: く (ku)
• Kan’yō-on: ぐ (gu)
• Kun: ともに (tomoni, 俱に)

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Korean

Hanja

俱 (eum 구 (gu))

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Vietnamese

Han character

俱: Hán Nôm readings: câu, cu, gu, cụ, gù

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References

• Nom Foundation