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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

More information Stroke order ...
Stroke order
8 strokes
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More information Japanese, Simplified ...
Japanese 具
Simplified 具
Traditional 具
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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

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

More information simp. and trad., 2nd round simp. ...
simp. and trad.
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2nd round simp. 𰋙
alternative forms 𥃲
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Glyph origin

More information Historical forms of the character 具, Shang ...
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).
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More information Old Chinese ...
Old Chinese
俱 *ko, *ɡos
椇 *koʔ
具 *ɡos
埧 *ɡos
颶 *ɡos
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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

More information Rime, Character ...
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
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More information Character, Reading # ...
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.
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More information Zhengzhang system (2003), Character ...
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/
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Note:
  • khî - vernacular;
  • khí - literary.

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. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) Alternative form of 俱 (“all; every”)
  7. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) feast
  8. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) in full detail
  9. Classifier for coffins, corpses, and certain instruments.

Compounds

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