Meaning
tool; device; utensil; equipment; instrument
Chinese: 工具、器具，也表示具备。
Hear the Four Tones
The same syllable “ju” becomes a different word in each tone. 具 is the 4th tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.
Stroke Order
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Common Words
- 具体jù tǐconcrete; specific; detailed
- 具有jù yǒuto have; to possess
- 工具gōng jùtool; instrument; utensil; means (to achieve a goal etc)
- 玩具wán jùplaything; toy
- 家具jiā jùfurniture
Example Sentence
这套家具很漂亮。Zhè tào jiā jù hěn piào liang.This set of furniture is very pretty.
这Zhèthis套tàoto cover家具jiā jùfurniture很hěnvery漂亮piào liangpretty。
Go deeper
Where this character comes from
Hands holding up a vessel (目-like form over 八): to set out implements — ‘a tool, utensil, implement; to possess, have; complete, to provide; the measure word for bodies/coffins/some objects’ (工具, 具体, 具有).
A way to remember it
‘A tool’; and ‘to possess’: 工具 (tool), 具有 (to have).