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jù

tool

Depicts two hands (廾) handling a cooking pot (鼎).

Components
鼎 iconic,remnant component

鼎  Iconic Remnant component

dǐng

  

cooking pot

廾 iconic component

廾  Iconic component

gǒng

  

two hands

Evolution

具 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
具 Bronze script Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)

Bronze script

Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
具 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
具 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
具 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

具  

jù

tool, implement; draw up, write; tool; device; utensil; equipment; instrument; talent; ability; to possess; to have; to provide; to furnish; to state; classifier for devices, coffins, dead bodies

Most common words with 具
Freq.
Word
Meaning

具有

to have

具

tool

具体

concrete

工具

tool

玩具

toy

Component uses

Meaning component in 1 character (1 verified)

算

Sound component in 5 characters (0 verified)

惧 俱 颶 飓 犋

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[g](r)o-s

gjuH

jù

arrange, provide


Statistics

HSK level 3

Appears in 56.7035% of movies

734th most common character in movies

391st most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

8

Unicode

U+5177

Shuowen

“具，共置也。从廾，从貝省。古以貝為貨。”


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