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具 originally depicts two hands (廾, now written 八) holding a cooking pot (鼎, simplified to a box with three horizontal strokes). The Shuowen Jiezi misinterpreted the top as 貝 (cowrie shell) suggesting valuables, but modern scholarship identifies it as the pot. Its core meanings are "tools, utensils, equipment" (as in words for furniture or instruments); as a verb it means to possess, have, or provide; and it can be a measure word for items like coffins or corpses.
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玩具很好玩。
家具很漂亮。
工具在箱子里。
他具有能力。
我们需要更多工具。
具体内容是什么？
他具备所有条件。
这个仪器具有多种功能。
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