俱

jù
adverb #7,609

Meanings

  1. 1 all; both; entirely

Examples

HSK 6
Jùlèbù hěn dà.
The club is very big.
HSK 7-9
Wànshìjùbèi.
Everything is ready.

Tips

usage
俱乐部 = club (transliteration), 面面俱到 = thorough in every aspect.

Components

radical
亻 rén
person (radical form of 人)
Left person radical, the side form of 人. It indexes 俱 in the people-doing-things family: 你, 他, 们, 体, 信, 修. 俱 means 'all together, in company,' so the radical points exactly at the social meaning - a person doing something alongside other people. The plurality is in the radical, not the phonetic.
phonetic
具 jù
tool; to possess
Right side 具 supplies the sound directly: jù. Same phonetic powers 惧 fear, 飓 hurricane. 具 itself depicts two hands lifting a vessel - assembling, providing, having ready. Faintly semantic too: 俱 carries that 'having it all assembled' flavor, used when a group is gathered with everything in place (万事俱备 'all is prepared').

Stroke Order

俱 jù