具

See also: 貝, 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

Stroke order

Japanese	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 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(GHTKV) 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

• 𛀰, 𰋙

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
• Unihan data for U+2F811

Chinese

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

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
Bronze inscriptions b03421 b03422 b03423 b03424 b03425 b03426 b03427 b03428 b03429 b03430 b03431 b03432 b03433 b03434 b03435 Small seal script 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

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

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

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
Baxter	gjuH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɡɨoH/
Pan Wuyun	/ɡioH/
Shao Rongfen	/ɡioH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/guə̆H/
Li Rong	/ɡioH/
Wang Li	/ɡĭuH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/gi̯uH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	geoi6

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/

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): jù (ju⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄩˋ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): җү (žü, III)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): geoi⁶
• Gan (Wiktionary): qy⁵
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): khî / khí / khi

  (Meixian, Guangdong): ki⁴

• Jin (Wiktionary): jy³
• Northern Min (KCR): gṳ̀
• Eastern Min (BUC): gê̤ṳ
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): kū / khū / kī

  (Teochew, Peng'im): gu⁶

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶jiu
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): jy⁴

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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/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: җү (žü, III)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕy⁴⁴/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: geoi⁶
    • Yale: geuih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: goey⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: gêu⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɵy̯²²/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: qy⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰy¹¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khî / khí / khi
    • Hakka Romanization System: ki^ˊ / ki^ˋ / ki
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ki¹ / ki³ / ki⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰi²⁴/, /kʰi³¹/, /kʰi⁵⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: ki⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰi⁵³/

Note:

• khî - vernacular;
• khí - literary.

• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: jy³
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡ɕy⁴⁵/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: gṳ̀
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ky⁴²/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: gê̤ṳ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /køy²⁴²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kū
    • Tâi-lô: kū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ku
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /ku⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ku²²/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /ku³³/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khū
    • Tâi-lô: khū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qu
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kʰu³³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kī
    • Tâi-lô: kī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ki
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ki²²/
Note: khū - vernacular.
• • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: gu⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kŭ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku³⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶jiu
    • MiniDict: jiu^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³jjy
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /d͡ʑy²³/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: jy⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕy⁴⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: gjuH

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɡ](r)o-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡos/

Definitions

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 (“all; every”)
7. ^† feast
8. ^† in full detail
9. Classifier for coffins, corpses, and certain instruments.

Compounds

• 不具
• 不具之人
• 不具名
• 交通工具 (jiāotōng gōngjù)
• 佛具 (fójù)
• 假面具 (jiǎmiànjù)
• 免洗餐具
• 具保
• 具備 / 具备 (jùbèi)
• 具名 (jùmíng)
• 具壽 / 具寿
• 具官
• 具慶 / 具庆
• 具戒
• 具文
• 具有 (jùyǒu)
• 具然
• 具爾 / 具尔
• 具狀 / 具状
• 具獄 / 具狱
• 具眼
• 具瞻
• 具結 / 具结 (jùjié)
• 具臣
• 具舉 / 具举
• 具草
• 具象 (jùxiàng)
• 具足戒
• 具陳 / 具陈
• 具領 / 具领
• 具體 / 具体 (jùtǐ)
• 具體化 / 具体化 (jùtǐhuà)
• 具體名詞 / 具体名词 (jùtǐ míngcí)
• 具體而微 / 具体而微
• 兼具 (jiānjù)
• 冥具
• 凶具
• 出具 (chūjù)
• 刀具 (dāojù)
• 刑具 (xíngjù)
• 別具一格 / 别具一格 (biéjùyīgé)
• 別具匠心 / 别具匠心 (biéjùjiàngxīn)
• 別具慧眼 / 别具慧眼
• 別具爐錘 / 别具炉锤
• 別具肺腸 / 别具肺肠
• 別具隻眼 / 别具只眼 (biéjùzhīyǎn)
• 募資工具 / 募资工具
• 匠心獨具 / 匠心独具 (jiàngxīndújù)
• 十相具足
• 口具
• 另具匠心
• 名正具
• 問事獄具 / 问事狱具
• 喪具 / 丧具
• 器具 (qìjù)
• 坐具 (zuòjù)
• 填充玩具
• 夾具 / 夹具 (jiājù)
• 完具 (wánjù)
• 家具 (jiājù)
• 寒具
• 寢具 / 寝具 (qǐnjù)
• 工具 (gōngjù)
• 工具工程
• 工具書 / 工具书 (gōngjùshū)
• 工具機 / 工具机
• 工具鋼 / 工具钢 (gōngjùgāng)
• 廚具 / 厨具 (chújù)
• 形同具文
• 徒具
• 性具 (xìngjù)
• 慧眼獨具 / 慧眼独具
• 戒具
• 戰具 / 战具 (zhànjù)
• 戲具 / 戏具
• 才具 (cáijù)
• 拜具
• 擬具 / 拟具
• 教具 (jiàojù)
• 文具 (wénjù)
• 明式家具
• 服具
• 槥具
• 模具 (mújù)
• 模型玩具 (móxíng wánjù)
• 機具 / 机具 (jījù)
• 治具 (zhìjù)
• 漁具 / 渔具 (yújù)
• 濟勝之具 / 济胜之具
• 火具 (huǒjù)
• 炊具 (chuījù)
• 煙具 / 烟具 (yānjù)
• 照明器具
• 燈具 / 灯具 (dēngjù)
• 獨具一格 / 独具一格 (dújùyīgé)
• 獨具匠心 / 独具匠心 (dújùjiàngxīn)
• 獨具慧眼 / 独具慧眼
• 獨具隻眼 / 独具只眼
• 獵具 / 猎具
• 玩具 (wánjù)
• 生產工具 / 生产工具 (shēngchǎn gōngjù)
• 用具 (yòngjù)
• 畫具 / 画具
• 百福具臻
• 眾目具瞻 / 众目具瞻
• 視同具文 / 视同具文
• 繪具 / 绘具
• 耕具 (gēngjù)
• 聲控玩具 / 声控玩具
• 胎具
• 臥具 / 卧具 (wòjù)
• 草具 (cǎojù)
• 茶具 (chájù)
• 茗具
• 草具之陳 / 草具之陈
• 薄具
• 賭具 / 赌具 (dǔjù)
• 農具 / 农具 (nóngjù)
• 道具 (dàojù)
• 運輸工具 / 运输工具
• 都市家具
• 量具 (liángjù)
• 釣具 / 钓具
• 錨具 / 锚具
• 防毒面具 (fángdú miànjù)
• 陽具 / 阳具 (yángjù)
• 隻眼獨具 / 只眼独具
• 雨具 (yǔjù)
• 電動玩具 / 电动玩具 (diàndòng wánjù)
• 面具 (miànjù)
• 食具 (shíjù)
• 餐具 (cānjù)
• 龍具 / 龙具

 

Further reading

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

Japanese

Shinjitai	具
Kyūjitai [1][2]	具󠄁 具+󠄁? (Adobe-Japan1)
	具󠄄 具+󠄄? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
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Kanji

See also:

Category:Japanese terms spelled with 具

具

(Third grade kyōiku kanji)

Readings

• Go-on: ぐ (gu, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: く (ku)
• Kun: そなえる (sonaeru, 具える)、そなえ (sonae, 具え)、そなわる (sonawaru, 具わる)、つぶさに (tsubusani, 具に)、ともに (tomoni, 具に)
• Nanori: とも (tomo)

Compounds

• 雨(あま)具(ぐ) (amagu)
• 淫(いん)具(ぐ) (ingu)
• 運(うん)動(どう)具(ぐ) (undōgu)
• 絵具(えのぐ) (enogu)
• 玩(がん)具(ぐ) (gangu)
• 家(か)具(ぐ) (kagu)
• 金(かな)具(ぐ) (kanagu)
• 革(かわ)具(ぐ) (kawagu)
• 機(き)具(ぐ) (kigu)
• 器(き)具(ぐ) (kigu)
• 弓(きゅう)具(ぐ) (kyūgu)
• 救(きゅう)命(めい)具(ぐ) (kyūmeigu)
• 兇(きょう)具(ぐ), 凶(きょう)具(ぐ) (kyōgu)
• 教(きょう)具(ぐ) (kyōgu)
• 漁(ぎょ)具(ぐ) (gyogu)
• 敬(けい)具(ぐ) (keigu)
• 刑(けい)具(ぐ) (keigu)
• 耕(こう)具(ぐ) (kōgu)
• 香(こう)具(ぐ) (kōgu)
• 校(こう)具(ぐ) (kōgu)
• 工(こう)具(ぐ) (kōgu)
• 拷(ごう)問(もん)具(ぐ) (gōmongu)
• 祭(さい)具(ぐ) (saigu)
• 索(さい)具(ぐ) (saigu)
• 蚕(さん)具(ぐ) (sangu)
• 寝(しん)具(ぐ) (shingu)
• 治(じ)具(ぐ) (jigu)
• 船(せん)具(ぐ) (sengu)
• 装(そう)具(ぐ) (sōgu)
• 喪(そう)具(ぐ) (sōgu)
• 葬(そう)具(ぐ) (sōgu)
• 装(そう)身(しん)具(ぐ) (sōshingu)
• 建(たて)具(ぐ) (tategu)
• 彫(ちょう)刻(こく)具(ぐ)座(ざ) (chōkokuguza)
• 綱(つな)具(ぐ) (tsunagu)
• 道(どう)具(ぐ) (dōgu)
• 忍(にん)具(ぐ) (ningu)
• 農(のう)具(ぐ) (nōgu)
• 拝(はい)具(ぐ) (haigu)
• 馬(ば)具(ぐ) (bagu)
• 筆(ひっ)記(き)具(ぐ) (hikkigu)
• 表(ひょう)具(ぐ) (hyōgu)
• 不(ふ)具(ぐ) (fugu)
• 武(ぶ)具(ぐ) (bugu)
• 武(ぶ)装(そう)具(ぐ) (busōgu)
• 仏(ぶつ)具(ぐ) (butsugu)
• 文(ぶん)具(ぐ) (bungu)
• 文(ぶん)房(ぼう)具(ぐ) (bunbōgu)
• 法(ほう)具(ぐ) (hōgu)
• 防(ぼう)寒(かん)具(ぐ) (bōkangu)
• 防(ぼう)具(ぐ) (bōgu)
• 民(みん)具(ぐ) (mingu)
• 夜(や)具(ぐ) (yagu)
• 要(よう)具(ぐ) (yōgu)
• 用(よう)具(ぐ) (yōgu)
• 猟(りょう)具(ぐ) (ryōgu)
• 具(ぐ)合(あい) (guai)
• 具(ぐ)案(あん) (guan)
• 具(ぐ)眼(がん) (gugan)
• 具(ぐ)現(げん) (gugen)
• 具(ぐ)象(しょう) (gushō)
• 具(ぐ)申(しん) (gushin)
• 具(ぐ)足(そく) (gusoku)
• 具(ぐ)体(たい) (gutai)
• 具(ぐ)陳(ちん) (guchin)
• 具(ぐ)備(び) (gubi)
• 具(ぐ)有(ゆう) (guyū)
• 具(ぐ)志(し)堅(けん) (Gushiken)

 

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ぐ [gúꜜ] (Atamadaka – [1])^[3][4]
• (Tokyo) ぐ [gù] (Heiban – [0])^[3][4]
• IPA^(key): [ɡɯ̟]

Counter

具(ぐ) • (-gu) 

1. sets (armor, furniture)

Noun

具(ぐ) • (gu) 

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

Derived terms

• 留(と)め具(ぐ) (tomegu)
• 船(ふな)具(ぐ) (funagu)
• 綱(つな)具(ぐ) (tsunagu)

Suffix

具(ぐ) • (-gu) 

1. tool, ingredient

Related terms

• 具(ぐ)する (gu suru)
• 具(そな)わる (sonawaru)

References

1. 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)
2. 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. 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. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (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

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ku]
• Phonetic hangul: [구]

Hanja

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

具

Wikisource 具 (eumhun 갖출 구 (gatchul gu))

1. hanja form^? of 구 (“tool; a surname”)

Vietnamese

Han character

具: Hán Nôm readings: cụ, cỗ, gỗ

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