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U+5177, 具
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5177

CJK Unified Ideographs

具 U+2F811, 具
CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F811
兤
CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement 𠔜

Translingual

Stroke order
8 strokes
Japanese
Simplified
Traditional

Alternative forms

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

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

Han character

(Kangxi radical 12, +6, 8 strokes, cangjie input 月一一金 (BMMC), four-corner 60801, composition ⿱⿴𠀃(GHTKV) or (J or U+2F811))

Derived characters

Descendants

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 128, character 1
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1473
  • Dae Jaweon: page 286, character 11
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 246, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+5177

Chinese

simp. and trad.
2nd round simp. 𰋙
alternative forms 𥃲

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character
Shang Western Zhou Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts



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).

Ideogrammic compound (會意会意) : (cauldron) + (two hands) – to prepare food. A semi-conservative variant 𥃲 is similar but unrelated to .

Pronunciation


Note:
  • khî - vernacular;
  • khí - literary.
Note: khū - vernacular.

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (30)
Final () (24)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division () III
Fanqie
Baxter gjuH
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
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
geoi6
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
Middle
Chinese
‹ gjuH ›
Old
Chinese
/*(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. * 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
Reading # 1/1
No. 7133
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ɡos/

Definitions

  1. tool; implement
      ―  jiā  ―  furniture
      ―  wén  ―  stationery
      ―  wán  ―  toy
      ―  gōng  ―  tool; instrument; implement
      ―    ―  utensil; implement; tool; ware; instrument
  2. to possess; to have
      ―  bèi  ―  to possess; to be equipped with
    一格一格  ―  biéyīgé  ―  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 (all; every)
  7. feast
  8. in full detail
  9. Classifier for coffins, corpses, and certain instruments.

Compounds

Further reading

Japanese

Shinjitai
Kyūjitai
[1][2]

具󠄁
+&#xE0101;?
(Adobe-Japan1)
具󠄄
+&#xE0104;?
(Hanyo-Denshi)
(Moji_Joho)
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Kanji

(Third grade kyōiku kanji)

Readings

Compounds

Pronunciation

Counter

() (-gu

  1. sets (armor, furniture)

Noun

() (gu

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

Derived terms

Suffix

() (-gu

  1. tool, ingredient

References

  1. ^ Haga, Gōtarō (1914) 漢和大辞書 (in Japanese), Fourth edition, Tōkyō: Kōbunsha, →DOI, page 254 (paper), page 177 (digital)
  2. ^ Shōundō Henshūjo, editor (1927), 新漢和辞典 (in Japanese), Ōsaka: Shōundō, →DOI, page 189 (paper), page 106 (digital)
  3. 3.0 3.1 Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. 4.0 4.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Middle Korean readings, if any”)

Pronunciation

Hanja

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

Wikisource

(eumhun 갖출 (gatchul gu))

  1. hanja form? of (tool; a surname)

Vietnamese

Han character

: Hán Nôm readings: cụ, cỗ, gỗ

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