Used in these Kanji:
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具
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JLPT 3Joyo 3 |
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| tool, ingredients
sonaeru, GU
具
目
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Top: eye 目, bottom: table 
Have an eye on the table, because of the tools on it. |
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挙
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JLPT 3Joyo 4 |
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| raise, behavior, offer, put up
ageru, kozotte, KYO
扌
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From top: rays of light  , table , hand 手
(The trick of a magician:) Light shines on the table, with a hand below, to raise it. |
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共
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JLPT 3Joyo 4 |
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| together, with
tomo, KYŌ
八
共
艹
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Top: plant 艹, below: table
Put the plants on the table together. |
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真
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JLPT 4Joyo 3 |
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| truth, reality, quintessence
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Top: ten 十, below: tool 具 (the eyes 目 see it on the table .)
The ten tools are truely real. |
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典
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JLPT 3Joyo 4 |
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| law code, ritual, precedent
nori, TEN
冊
八
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Top: variant of writing tablets 冊, bottom: table
The writing tablets on the table are a law code/canon (for the ceremony). |
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益
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JLPT 1Joyo 5 |
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| benefit, gain, advantage, profit
masu, EKI, YAKU
丷
皿
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In the middle: a table with something on 丷, below: a plate 皿
With a well-laid table and plates he (i.e. the restaurant owner) will benefit. |
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璽
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| emperor's seal
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From top: small table , below: image of a seal (=enclosure 冂, 4 encarved crosses 㐅, vertical line |), jewel 玉
Hidden below the table is a seal, carved/cut in a jewel: The emperor's seal. |
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鎮
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| tranquilize, calm, suppress
shizumaru/meru, CHIN
金
真
具
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Left: gold/metal 金, right: truth 真 (The ten 十 tools 具 are really true.) [Tool 具 = eye 目, table ]
Gold is truly tranquilizing. |
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微
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| tiny, minuteness, obscure, faint, dim, delicate
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Left: go 彳, center: mountain 山, table (cf. 机,凡), right: to strike 攵
Go on the mountain to the table and smash it into tiny pieces. |
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誉
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| praise, honor, fame, reputation, credit
homare, YO
言
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Top: 兴 (light , low table ), bottom: word 言 (sound waves out of a mouth 口)
The light on the table illuminates: the words of praise. |
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