Dong Chinese dictionary

jù

tool

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

Components

鼎 Iconic Remnant component

dǐng

cooking pot

Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 鼎 than it was in ancient scripts.

廾 Iconic component

gǒng

two hands

Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 廾 than it was in ancient scripts.

Evolution

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)

Bronze script

Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

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)

Sources

MTSU Chinese text computing

漢語多功能字庫

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