具

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See also: 真, 俱, and 倶
具 U+5177, 具
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5177
← 其
[U+5176] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 典 →
[U+5178]
具 U+2F811, 具
CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F811
← 兤
[U+2F810] 		CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement 𠔜 →
[U+2F812]

Translingual[edit]

Stroke order
8 strokes
Japanese 具
Simplified 具
Traditional 具

Alternative forms[edit]

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.

Han character[edit]

具 (radical 12, 八+6, 8 strokes, cangjie input 月一一金 (BMMC), four-corner 60801, composition ⿱⿴𠀃三八(GHTKV) or ⿳目一八(J))

Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

  • 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

Chinese[edit]

simp. and trad.
 具
variant forms ⿵冂大 (second-round simplified)

Glyph origin[edit]

Historical forms of the character 具
Shang Western Zhou Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
具-oracle.svg 具-bronze.svg 具-seal.svg 具-bigseal.svg
Bronze inscriptions
ACC-b03421.svg

b03421

ACC-b03422.svg

b03422

ACC-b03423.svg

b03423

ACC-b03424.svg

b03424

ACC-b03425.svg

b03425

ACC-b03426.svg

b03426

ACC-b03427.svg

b03427

ACC-b03428.svg

b03428

ACC-b03429.svg

b03429

ACC-b03430.svg

b03430

ACC-b03431.svg

b03431

ACC-b03432.svg

b03432

ACC-b03433.svg

b03433

ACC-b03434.svg

b03434

ACC-b03435.svg

b03435

Small seal script
ACC-s01984.svg

s01984

Transcribed ancient scripts
ACC-L20479.svg

L20479

ACC-L20480.svg

L20480

ACC-L20481.svg

L20481

ACC-L20469.svg

L20469

ACC-L20470.svg

L20470

ACC-L20471.svg

L20471

ACC-L20472.svg

L20472

ACC-L20473.svg

L20473

ACC-L20474.svg

L20474

ACC-L20475.svg

L20475

ACC-L20476.svg

L20476

ACC-L20477.svg

L20477

ACC-L20478.svg

L20478

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

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Note:
  • khî - vernacular;
  • khí - literary.
  • Min Dong
  • Min Nan
    • Note: khū - vernacular.
    Rime
    Character 具
    Reading # 1/1
    Initial (聲) 群 (30)
    Final (韻) 虞 (24)
    Tone (調) Departing (H)
    Openness (開合) Closed
    Division (等) III
    Fanqie 其遇切
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang         		/ɡɨoH/
    Pan
    Wuyun         		/ɡioH/
    Shao
    Rongfen         		/ɡioH/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank         		/guə̆H/
    Li
    Rong         		/ɡioH/
    Wang
    Li         		/ɡĭuH/
    Bernard
    Karlgren         		/gi̯uH/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex         		jù
    Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
    Character 具
    Reading # 1/1
    Modern
    Beijing
    (Pinyin)         		jù
    Middle
    Chinese         		‹ gjuH ›
    Old
    Chinese         		/*[ɡ](r)o-s/
    English arrange, provide

    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 具
    Reading # 1/1
    No. 7133
    Phonetic
    component         		具
    Rime
    group         		侯
    Rime
    subdivision         		0
    Corresponding
    MC rime         		懼
    Old
    Chinese         		/*ɡos/

    Definitions[edit]

    具

    1. tool; implement
      家具  ―  jiājù  ―  furniture
      文具  ―  wénjù  ―  stationery
      玩具  ―  wánjù  ―  toy
      工具  ―  gōngjù  ―  tool; instrument; implement
      器具  ―  qìjù  ―  utensil; implement; tool; ware; instrument
    2. to possess; to have
      具備 / 具备  ―  jùbèi  ―  to possess; to be equipped with
      別具一格 / 别具一格  ―  biéjùyīgé  ―  have a style of one's own
    3. (literary) to provide; to furnish
    4. (literary) ability; talent
    5. (literary) to state; to report; to list
    6. † Alternative form of 俱 (jù, “all; every”).
    7. † feast
    8. † in full detail
    9. Classifier for coffins, corpses, and certain instruments.

    Compounds[edit]

    Derived terms from 具

    Japanese[edit]

    Kanji[edit]

    具

    (grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)

    Readings[edit]

    Counter[edit]

    具 (hiragana ぐ, rōmaji -gu)

    1. sets (armor, furniture)

    Noun[edit]

    具 (hiragana ぐ, rōmaji gu)

    1. tool
    2. means
    3. (cooking) secondary ingredient, such as spices, seasonings, and sauces
    4. base

    Derived terms[edit]

    Suffix[edit]

    具 (hiragana ぐ, rōmaji -gu)

    1. tool, ingredient

    Compounds[edit]

    Terms derived from 具

    Related terms[edit]

    Korean[edit]

    Hanja[edit]

    具 • (gu)

    • Eumhun:
      • Sound (hangeul): 구 (McCune–Reischauer: ku)
      • Name (hangeul): 갖출 (revised: gatchuda, McCune–Reischauer: katch'uda, Yale: kacchwuta)
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    Vietnamese[edit]

    Han character[edit]

    具 (cụ, cỗ, gỗ)

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