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具

具

具 U+5177, 具
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5177
← 其
[U+5176] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 典 →
[U+5178]
See also: 真, 俱, and 倶

Translingual

Stroke order
Shinjitai 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 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 (radical 12 八+6, 8 strokes, cangjie input 月一一金 (BMMC), four-corner 60801, composition ⿳目一八 (J) or ⿱⿻且一八 (GTKV))

References

  • 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

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 具

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 具
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Large seal script Small seal script
Bronze inscriptions

b03421

b03422

b03423

b03424

b03425

b03426

b03427

b03428

b03429

b03430

b03431

b03432

b03433

b03434

b03435
Large seal script

L20479

L20480

L20481

L20469

L20470

L20471

L20472

L20473

L20474

L20475

L20476

L20477

L20478
Small seal script

s01984
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 (large seal) and
  • Xu 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) : 貝 ‎(“shell, money”) + 廾 ‎(“two hands”).

In current form, resembles 目 + 兀.

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
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ɡɨoH/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ɡioH/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ɡioH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /guə̆H/
Li
Rong		 /ɡioH/
Wang
Li		 /ɡĭuH/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /gi̯uH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 jù
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/

Definitions

具

  1. tool; implement
  2. to possess; to have
  3. to provide; to furnish

Compounds

Japanese

Counter

具 ‎(hiragana ぐ, romaji -gu)

  1. sets (armor, furniture)

Noun

具 ‎(hiragana ぐ, romaji gu)

  1. tool
  2. means
  3. ingredients
  4. base

Derived terms

  • 留め具

Suffix

具 ‎(hiragana ぐ, romaji -gu)

  1. tool, ingredient

Kanji

具

(grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

Compounds

Related terms

  • 具する
  • 具わる

Korean

Hanja

具 • ‎(gu)
Eumhun:

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

Han character

具 (cụ, cỗ, gỗ)

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