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Tool
Stroke count: 8

Readings

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JLPT level: N3JōyōGrade 3Level 9

Meanings

  1. toolRtK
    彼は道具として使われた。He was used as a tool.tatoeba
  2. counter for armor, suits, sets of furniture
  3. ingredients
  4. means
  5. possess
  6. utensil
  1. ingredients (added to soup, rice, etc.)
  2. counter for sets of armor, utensils, furniture, etc.

Homonyms

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Same reading (ぐ)
愚 · foolishness

Popular Usage

具合道具家具具体器具絵の具具える雨具玩具敬具

Radicals and components

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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eye (目) · one (一) · animal legs (儿) · eight (八)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 78

Compound words

道具どうぐ
tool; implement; instrument; utensil; apparatus
具合ぐあい
condition; state; health; state (of health); way
家具かぐ
furniture
具体ぐたい
concreteness; embodiment
器具きぐ
utensil; implement; tool; instrument; appliance
絵の具えのぐ
paint; coloring materials; colors; colours
雨具あまぐ
rain gear
玩具おもちゃ
toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything
敬具けいぐ
yours sincerely; sincerely yours; yours truly
金具かなぐ
metal fittings; metal fixtures
具象ぐしょう
concreteness; embodiment; expressing concretely
寝具しんぐ
bedding; bedclothes
夜具やぐ
bedding; bedclothes
用具ようぐ
tool; implement; instrument; equipment
文具ぶんぐ
stationery
具体化ぐたいか
embodiment; materialization; actualization; realization; taking form
具体的ぐたいてき
concrete; definite; specific; material; substantial
小道具こどうぐ
small tool; gadget; (stage) properties; prop; prop master
文房具ぶんぼうぐ
stationery
筆記用具ひっきようぐ
writing implement; writing tool
一具いちぐ
one set
絵具えのぐ
paint
翫具がんぐ
toy
機具きぐ
(tools and) equipment

Additional Examples

彼は彼らと家具の売買契約をした。
He made a bargain with them about the furniture.tatoeba
私は彼の具合がよいのだと信じていた。
I believed him to be in good health.tatoeba
彼は水彩絵具を短くほぼ直角の筆使いで用いた。
He used watercolors in short vertical brush-strokes.tatoeba
締め付け具合によって音質の調節が可能である。
Tone quality can be adjusted according to tightening.wiki
破精込み具合によって麹は次のように分類される。
Koji is classified as follows by hazekomi conditions.:wiki
郷土料理の具体例
Specific examples of local disheswiki
ご当地料理の具体例
Specific examples of gotochi-ryori disheswiki
- 鏑を付ける事により矢そのものに霊力を具える。
This is a Shinto ritual to provide spiritual power to an arrow by attaching Kabura.wiki
- 弓を楽器のように使用する事により霊力を具える。
This is a Shinto ritual to provide spiritual power by using a bow like a musical instrument.wiki

Stroke Order

8 strokes

Tool, utensil. 目 (a vessel) + 八 (two hands) — hands holding a vessel.

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