Onyomi: グ · Kunyomi: そな.える, つぶさ.に · Meanings: counter for armor, suits, sets of furniture, ingredients, means, possess, tool, utensil
Kanji for counter for armor suits sets of furniture, ingredients, means, possess, tool
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The kanji 具 combines two main parts: 目 (eye) on top and 八+一 (a division of parts) below. Long ago, it represented a tool or object where each part could be seen clearly — like looking with your eyes (目) at all the pieces that make up a complete item. The combination created the idea of something complete, fully equipped, or containing all necessary parts. Over time, 具 came to mean “tool,” “equipment,” “ingredient,” or anything that is complete and ready for use.
具 shows an eye (目) observing divided parts below, symbolizing something complete, fully equipped, or ready to use — a tool or ingredient.
Imagine looking (目) at all the pieces of a tool laid out neatly — everything you need is there. That sense of completeness is 具: a tool, equipment, or ingredient.
| Word | Reading | Meaning | Meta |
|---|---|---|---|
| 具 | ぐ | tool, means | common Noun |
| 妻 | つま | wife | common JLPT-N4 Noun |
| 具合 | ぐあい | condition, state | common JLPT-N4 Noun |
| 備える | そなえる | to furnish with, to equip with, to provide, to install | common JLPT-N3 JLPT-N2 Ichidan verb, Transitive verb |
| 備わる | そなわる | to be furnished with, to be provided with, to be equipped with | common JLPT-N1 Godan verb with 'ru' ending, Intransitive verb |
| 具体的 | ぐたいてき | concrete, definite, specific, material, substantial | common Na-adjective (keiyodoshi) |
| 具体化 | ぐたいか | embodiment, materialization, actualization, realization, taking form, taking shape | common Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb, Intransitive verb |
| 具体 | ぐたい | concreteness, embodiment | common JLPT-N3 Noun |
| 具体性 | ぐたいせい | concreteness, feasibility | Noun |
| 具象 | ぐしょう | concreteness, embodiment, expressing concretely | common Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb |