具

See also: 真

Translingual

Stroke order

shinjitai	具
simplified	具
traditional	具

Alternative forms

Form differs between China and Japan – in China the top component is connected with the long horizontal line, while Japan they are separate.

The same difference occurs in the characters 真 and 直, which are unrelated etymologically but graphically similar in their current forms.

Etymology

Ideogrammic compound (會意): 貝 (“shell, money”) + 廾 (“two hands”).

In current form, resembles 目 + 兀.

Han character

具 (radical 12 八+6, 8 strokes, cangjie input 月一一金 (BMMC), four-corner 6080₁, composition ⿳目一八)

1. tool, implement
2. draw up, write

See also

• 真 直

References

• KangXi: page 128, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1473
• Dae Jaweon: page 286, character 11
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 246, character 4
• Unihan data for U+5177

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Cantonese

Hanzi

具 (Jyutping geoi6, Yale geui6)

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Japanese

Counter

具 (hiragana ぐ, romaji -gu)

1. sets (armor, furniture)

Noun

具 (hiragana ぐ, romaji gu)

1. tool
2. means
3. ingredients
4. base

Derived terms

• 留め具

Suffix

具 (hiragana ぐ, romaji -gu)

1. tool, ingredient

Kanji

具

(grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• On: ぐ (gu), く (ku)
• Kun: そなえる (具える, sonaeru), そなえ (具え, sonae), つぶさに (具に, tsubusani)

Compounds

雨具 淫具 運動具 絵具 玩具 家具 不具 金具 革具 機具 器具 弓具 救命具 兇具, 凶具 教具 漁具 敬具 刑具 耕具 香具 校具 工具 拷問具

祭具 索具 蚕具 寝具 治具 船具 装具 喪具 葬具 装身具 建具 綱具 道具 忍具 農具 拝具 馬具 筆記具 表具 武具 武装具 仏具

文具 文房具 法具 防寒具 防具 民具 夜具 要具 用具 猟具 具案 具眼 具現 具合 彫刻具座 具象 具申 具足 具体 具陳 具備 具有 具志堅

Related terms

• 具する
• 具わる

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Korean

Hanja

具 (gu)
Eumhun:

• Sound (hangeul): 구 (revised: gu, McCune-Reischauer: ku)

• Name (hangeul): [[갖출]] (revised: gatchuda, McCune-Reischauer: katch'uda, Yale: kacchwuta)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

具 (Pinyin cí (ci2), jù (ju4), Wade-Giles tz'u², chü⁴)

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Vietnamese

Han character

具 (cụ, cỗ, gỗ)