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Translingual
Stroke order
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 真 and 直 , which are unrelated etymologically but graphically similar in their current forms.
Han character
具 (Kangxi radical 12, 八 +6, 8 strokes, cangjie input 月一一金 (BMMC ), four-corner 60801 , composition ⿱⿴𠀃 三 八 (G H T K V ) or ⿳目 一 八 (J or U+2F811
))
Derived characters
俱 /倶 , 㖵 , 埧 , 惧 , 𢮭 , 𰡗 , 𫕄 , 椇 , 犋 , 𤦚 , 𰮬 , 𮂀 , 𥟭 , 𦩛 , 𰴼 , 𨁺 , 𨍄 , 𨨣 , 𩜃
𪼻 , 颶 (飓 ) , 𭁷 , 真 , 𰭐 , 𰩑 , 𫼐 , 𤷢 , 𰁄 , 㮂 , 𭉦 , 䋰 , 䡞 , 𨵙 , 𠺍 , 𭫕 , 𬄖 , 𭿜 , 𫓃
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
Glyph origin
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
b03421
b03422
b03423
b03424
b03425
b03426
b03427
b03428
b03429
b03430
b03431
b03432
b03433
b03434
b03435
s01984
Transcribed ancient scripts
L20479
L20480
L20481
L20469
L20470
L20471
L20472
L20473
L20474
L20475
L20476
L20477
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).
Old Chinese
俱
*ko, *ɡos
椇
*koʔ
具
*ɡos
埧
*ɡos
颶
*ɡos
Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意 ) : 鼎 ( “ cauldron ” ) + 廾 ( “ two hands ” ) – to prepare food. A semi-conservative variant 𥃲 is similar but unrelated to 算 .
Pronunciation
Note :
khî - vernacular;
khí - literary.
Note : khū - vernacular.
Baxter –Sagart system 1.1 (2014 )
Character
具
Reading #
1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
jù
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
具
Reading #
1/1
No.
7133
Phonetic component
具
Rime group
侯
Rime subdivision
0
Corresponding MC rime
懼
Old Chinese
/*ɡos/
Definitions
具
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
to possess ; to have
具 備/ 具 备 ― jù bèi ― to possess; to be equipped with
別具 一格 / 别具 一格 ― biéjù yīgé ― have a style of one's own
( literary ) to provide ; to furnish
( literary ) ability ; talent
( literary ) to state ; to report ; to list
† Alternative form of 俱 ( “ all ; every ” )
† feast
† in full detail
Classifier for coffins , corpses , and certain instruments .
Compounds
Further reading
Japanese
Kanji
具
(Third grade kyōiku kanji )
Readings
Compounds
Pronunciation
Counter
具( ぐ ) • (-gu )
sets (armor, furniture)
Noun
具( ぐ ) • (gu )
tool
means
( cooking ) secondary ingredient , such as spices, seasonings, and sauces
base
Derived terms
Suffix
具( ぐ ) • (-gu )
tool, ingredient
References
^ Haga, Gōtarō (1914 ) 漢和大辞書 [The Great Kanji-Japanese Dictionary ] (in Japanese), Fourth edition, Tōkyō : Kōbunsha, →DOI , page 254 (paper), page 177 (digital)
^ Shōundō Henshūjo, editor (1927 ), 新漢和辞典 [The New Kanji-Japanese Dictionary ] (in Japanese), Ōsaka : Shōundō, →DOI , page 189 (paper), page 106 (digital)
↑ 3.0 3.1 Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011 ), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten ] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo : Sanseidō , →ISBN
↑ 4.0 4.1 Matsumura, Akira , editor (2006 ), 大辞林 [Daijirin ] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo : Sanseidō , →ISBN
Korean
Etymology
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Pronunciation
Hanja
Wikisource
具 (eumhun 갖출 구 ( gatchul gu ) )
hanja form? of 구 ( “ tool ; a surname ” )
Vietnamese
Han character
具 : Hán Nôm readings: cụ , cỗ , gỗ
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