Word and Radical Components of 工具

The Chinese word 工具 is analysed below into its constituent words and the words into radicals. By seeing the breakdown of the word in this way you can more easily learn and recognise the word.

Component	Pinyin	Meanings
工具	gōngjù	1. n. (literally) tool; instrument; implement
		書寫工具 - writing implement
		營銷工具 - marketing tool
		金融工具 - financial instrument
		2. n. (figuratively) means; way; tool
		交流工具 - means of communication
		書是傳遞文明的工具。 - Books are the way in which civilization is transmitted.

工具 ⇨ 工 + 具

Component	Pinyin	Meanings
工	gōng	1. labour; work
		工作 - work
		罷工 - to strike
		偷工減料 - to do shoddy work and use inferior materials
		2. (regional or dialectal, including, Southeast Asia) work; job; profession
		你做什麼工？ - What is your job?
		你失業\失咗失業\業咁耐，仲唔快啲搵返份工！ - It's been a while since you lost your job; you need to find a new job soon!
		3. (Min Bei, Min Dong, Min Nan) working day; daytime; a day (24 hours)
		4. worker; labourer
		女工 - female worker
		礦工 - miner
		陶瓷工 - potter
		工農 - workers and peasants
		5. man-day
		6. construction
		工地 - construction site
		竣工 - to finish construction
		7. industry
		化工 - chemical industry
		8. engineer
		9. skill; technique
		10. to be good at; to be skilled in
		11. delicate; exquisite; fine
		工巧 - delicate; exquisite
	gōng	12. (music) Kunqu gongche notation for the note mi (3).
		13. (music) Cantonese opera gongche notation for the note mi (3).
具	jù	1. tool; implement
		家具 - furniture
		文具 - stationery
		玩具 - toy
		工具 - tool; instrument; implement
		器具 - utensil; implement; tool; ware; instrument
		2. to possess; to have
		具備 - to possess; to be equipped with
		別具一格 - have a style of one's own
		3. (literary) to provide; to furnish
		4. (literary) ability; talent
		5. (literary) to state; to report; to list

具 ⇨ 目 + 一 + 八

Component	Pinyin	Meanings
目	mù	1. (literary or Min) eye
		耳目 (ěrmù) - ears and eyes; spies
		目睭 (ba̍k-chiu) - eye, MN
		2. item; entry
		賬目 (zhàngmù) - entry
		3. list; catalogue; table of contents
		目錄 (mùlù) - catalogue
		4. target; goal
		目標 (mùbiāo) - target
		目的dì (mùdì) - target, goal
		5. (taxonomy) order
		6. (classical) to call; to address (of people's names and titles)
		Synonyms: 稱呼
一	一	1. one
		一長一短 - yī cháng yī duǎn - one short and one long
		一死一傷 - yī sǐ yī shāng - one dead, one injured
		一高一低 - yī gāo yī dī - one high and one low
		一天一夜 - yī tiān yī yè - one day and one night
		一日一夜 - jat1 jat6 jat1 je6 - one day and one night, C
		一左一右 - yī zuǒ yī yòu - one left, one right
		2. each; every
		給他們一人一顆蘋果。 (Gěi tā men yī rén yī kē píngguǒ.) - Give them an apple each.
		3. single; alone
		獨自一人 - dúzì yī rén - a solitary person, one person
		專一 - zhuānyī - single-minded, monogamous
		4. whole; entire; all: throughout
		他們在海灘上玩了一下午。 (Tāmen zài hǎitān shàng wán le yī xiàwǔ.) - They played the whole afternoon on the beach.
		5. same; identical
		大小不一 - dàxiǎo bùyī - not having the same size
		大細不一 - daai6 sai3 bat1 jat1 - not having the same size, C
		6. (classical) another; alternative
		蟋蟀，一名促織。 (Xīshuài, yī míng cùzhī.) - Crickets, also called cùzhī lit. another name being cùzhī.
		7. (formal) certain aforementioned
		「旋律」一詞中的「旋」字 - “xuánlǜ” yī cí zhōng de “xuán” zì - the character (m-lite, zh, sc=Hani, 旋) within the word m-lite, zh, sc=Hani, 旋律
		8. With the verb modified reduplicated, expressing the transience of the verb:
		9. Indicating that the action has occurred only once
		10. 看一看 - kàn yī kàn - to have a look
		11. 望一望 - mong6 jat1 mong6 - to have a look, C
		12. Indicating the intention to try
		13. 算一算 - suàn yī suàn - to try to calculate it
		14. 計一計 - gai3 jat1 gai3 - to try to calculate it, C
		15. once; as soon as; upon
		一到 OP 就卡。 (Yī dào OP jiù kǎ.) - It slows down once I get to the opening.
		我一拍了照片，她就立即成為眾人矚目的焦點。 (Wǒ yī pāi le zhàopiàn, tā jiù lìjí chéngwèi zhòngrén zhǔmù de jiāodiǎn.) - As soon as I took a picture, she ran towards the limelight.
		一見如故 - yījiànrúgù - to hit it off
		一至於此 - yīzhìyúcǐ - How did things ever get so far?
		16. (gay slang) top
		一號 - yīhào - a top
		17. (Cantonese, argot, euphemistic) to die
		18. =====Usage notes=====
	yī	19. (music) Kunqu gongche notation for the note low ti (7̣).
		20. one
		21. each; every
		22. whole; entire; all
	yíeijing dialect	23. (Beijing) one
		24. =====Usage notes=====
八	bā	1. eight
		2. many; numerous
		3. (printing) pearl (the smallest size of usual type, standardized as 5 point)
		4. Short for 八卦
		5. to gossip (about); to stick one's nose in
		6. (Cantonese) nosey; meddling
		7. 八婆 - nosey parker; meddling woman
		Ba
	bā	8. Variant of 捌