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))

Derived characters

倶俱㖵埧惧𢮭椇犋𦩛𨍄颶(飓) 㮂䋰䡞真

Descendants

𛀰, 𰋙

References

KangXi: 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

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).

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

	Old Chinese
俱	ko, ɡos
椇	*koʔ
具	*ɡos
埧	*ɡos
颶	*ɡos

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

Pronunciation

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
Min Bei (KCR): gṳ̀
Min Dong (BUC): gê̤ṳ
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): kū / khū / kī
(Teochew, Peng'im): gu⁶
Wu (Wiktionary): jy (T2)
Xiang (Wiktionary): jy⁴

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)⁺
  - 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 Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khî / khí / khi
  - Hakka Romanization System: ki´ / ki` / ki
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ki¹ / ki³ / ki⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /kʰi²⁴/, /kʰi³¹/, /kʰi⁵⁵/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: ki⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /cʰi⁵³/

Note:

khî - vernacular;
khí - literary.

Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: jy³
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡ɕy⁴⁵/
Min Bei
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: gṳ̀
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ky⁴²/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: gê̤ṳ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /køy²⁴²/
Min Nan
- (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
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: jy (T2)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕy³⁴/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: jy⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕy⁴⁵/

Middle Chinese: /ɡɨo^H/

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
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɡɨo^H/
Pan Wuyun	/ɡio^H/
Shao Rongfen	/ɡio^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/guə̆^H/
Li Rong	/ɡio^H/
Wang Li	/ɡĭu^H/
Bernard Karlgren	/gi̯u^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	geoi⁶

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɡ](r)o-s/
(Zhengzhang): /*ɡos/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	具
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	jù
Middle Chinese	‹ gju^H ›
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/

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 ― jùbèi ― to possess; to be equipped with
別具一格／别具一格 ― biéjùyīgé ― 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 (jù, “all; every”).
^† feast
^† in full detail
Classifier for coffins, corpses, and certain instruments.

Compounds

Derived terms from 具

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
具名 (jùmíng)
具官
具戒
具文
具有 (jùyǒu)
具然
具眼
具瞻
具臣
具草
具象 (jùxiàng)
具足戒
兼具 (jiānjù)
冥具
刀具 (dāojù)
刑具 (xíngjù)
十相具足
口具
另具匠心
名正具
器具 (qìjù)
坐具 (zuòjù)
填充玩具
完具 (wánjù)
家具 (jiājù)
寒具
工具 (gōngjù)
工具工程
形同具文
徒具
性具 (xìngjù)
戒具
才具 (cáijù)
拜具
教具 (jiàojù)
文具 (wénjù)

明式家具
服具
槥具
模具 (mújù)
模型玩具
治具 (zhìjù)
火具 (huǒjù)
炊具 (chuījù)
照明器具
玩具 (wánjù)
用具 (yòngjù)
百福具臻
耕具 (gēngjù)
胎具
茗具
茶具 (chájù)
草具 (cǎojù)
薄具
道具 (dàojù)
都市家具
量具 (liángjù)
防毒面具 (fángdú miànjù)
雨具 (yǔjù)
面具 (miànjù)
食具 (shíjù)
餐具 (cānjù)
凶具
具備／具备 (jùbèi)
具壽／具寿
具慶／具庆
具爾／具尔
具狀／具状
具獄／具狱
具結／具结 (jùjié)
具舉／具举
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
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)
問事獄具／问事狱具
喪具／丧具
夾具／夹具 (jiājù)
寢具／寝具 (qǐnjù)
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)
慧眼獨具／慧眼独具
戰具／战具 (zhànjù)
戲具／戏具
擬具／拟具
機具／机具 (jījù)
漁具／渔具 (yújù)
濟勝之具／济胜之具
煙具／烟具 (yānjù)
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
生產工具／生产工具 (shēngchǎn gōngjù)
畫具／画具
眾目具瞻／众目具瞻
繪具／绘具
聲控玩具／声控玩具
臥具／卧具 (wòjù)
草具之陳／草具之陈
視同具文／视同具文
賭具／赌具 (dǔjù)
農具／农具 (nóngjù)
運輸工具／运输工具
釣具／钓具
錨具／锚具
陽具／阳具 (yángjù)
隻眼獨具／只眼独具
電動玩具／电动玩具 (diàndòng wánjù)
龍具／龙具

Japanese

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

具

(grade 3 “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

On’yomi: Goon

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

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

留(と)め具(ぐ) (tomegu)

Suffix

具(ぐ) • (-gu)

tool, ingredient

Related terms

具(ぐ)する (gu suru)
具(そな)わる (sonawaru)

References

1914, 漢和大辭書 (Kanwa Dai Jisho, “The Great Kanji-Japanese Dictionary”) (in Japanese), page 254 (paper), page 177 (digital), Tōkyō: 興文社 (Kōbunsha)
1927, 新漢和辭典 (Shin Kanwa Jiten, “The New Kanji-Japanese Dictionary”) (in Japanese), page 189 (paper), page 106 (digital), Ōsaka: 松雲堂 (Shōundō)
2011, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Seventh Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja

具 (eumhun 갖출 구 (gatchul gu))

Hanja form^? of 구 (“tool”).

Vietnamese

Han character

具: Hán Nôm readings: cụ, cỗ, gỗ

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[1] 1914, 漢和大辭書 (Kanwa Dai Jisho, “The Great Kanji-Japanese Dictionary”) (in Japanese), page 254 (paper), page 177 (digital), Tōkyō: 興文社 (Kōbunsha)

[2] 1927, 新漢和辭典 (Shin Kanwa Jiten, “The New Kanji-Japanese Dictionary”) (in Japanese), page 189 (paper), page 106 (digital), Ōsaka: 松雲堂 (Shōundō)

[SMK7-3] 2011, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Seventh Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[DJR-4] 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN