具

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.

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))

• 𛀰

• 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

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).

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

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.

(grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)

• Go-on: ぐ (gu, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: く (ku)
• Kun: そなえる (sonaeru, 具える); そなえ (sonae, 具え); つぶさに (tsubusani, 具に)

具 (hiragana ぐ, rōmaji -gu)

1. sets (armor, furniture)

具 (hiragana ぐ, rōmaji gu)

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

• 留め具

具 (hiragana ぐ, rōmaji -gu)

1. tool, ingredient

• 具する
• 具わる

具 • (gu)

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

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具 (cụ, cỗ, gỗ)

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