具 (jù) — (bound form) tool, utensil, implement; (bound form) to possess, to have
Definition
具 is a bound morpheme (jù), never used alone. It combines with 备 to mean 'equip/possess' (e.g. 具备, 具备能力), and pairs with nouns to mean 'tool/implement' (工具, 家具, 玩具, 餐具).
bound form
toolutensilimplementto possessto have
Easily confused
- 俱jūlook-alikecompletely, entirely; all (literary)
- 句jùsound-alike(classifier) for sentences, lines of verse, or short phrases
- 据jùsound-alikeaccording to
- 剧jùsound-alikedrama, play, theatrical work (often used as a suffix in compound words)
- 聚jùsound-aliketo gather, to get together; to assemble
- 巨jùsound-alikehuge, gigantic
Examples
- 。Tā ná qǐ le zhè jiàn gōng jù.He picked up this tool.
- 。Zhè suǒ xué xiào jù bèi le xiān jìn de jiào xué shè bèi.This school is equipped with advanced teaching facilities.
- 。Tā jù bèi le jǔ jǐ gè lì zi de néng lì.He possesses the ability to give several examples.
Origin
Compound ideograph六书liùshū
会意huìyìTwo or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.
- 鼎鼎dǐngcauldron
- 廾廾gǒngtwo hands
具 pairs 廾 (two hands) with 鼎 (a cauldron), showing hands working with a cauldron to prepare food.
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