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The Kanji Map

Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 3

JLPT level: N3

629 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 8

Meaning: tool, utensil, means, possess, ingredients, counter for armor, suits, sets of furniture

Kunyomi: そな.える, つぶさ.に

Onyomi: グ

Composition: 目 八

具

Radical

Radical: 八

Reading: はち

Meaning: eight

Strokes: 2

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Examples

Examples with audio

具(ぐ)   ingredients

道具(どうぐ)   tool

家具(かぐ)   furniture

文房具(ぶんぼうぐ)   stationery

用具(ようぐ)   tool

具合(ぐあい)   condition [n.]

具体的な(ぐたいてきな)   concrete [adj.]

具備する(ぐびする)   be furnished/equipped with [v.t.]

Onyomi Examples

具 (グ) tool, means, ingredients (added to soup, rice, etc.), counter for sets of armor, utensils, furniture, etc.

具合 (グアイ) condition, state, health, state (of health), way, manner, circumstance, luck, face, dignity, decency, propriety

文具 (ブング) stationery

金具 (カナグ) metal fittings, metal fixtures

Kunyomi Examples

備える (そなえる) to furnish with, to equip with, to provide, to install, to prepare for, to make preparations for, to make provision for, to possess (all that is needed), to be endowed with, to be equipped with, to be born with, to have since birth

具に (つぶさに) in detail, with great care, completely, fully

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