Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People

侶: companion, follower

N1 (our estimate)9 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

亻 carries the meaning · 呂 is drawn in

9 strokes

Two readings, and the words that use each

リョryo · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 僧侶そうりょpriest; monk; bonze
  • 伴侶はんりょcompanion; partner; spouse

ともtomo · kun'yomi · on its own

  • 侶ともcompanion; follower; attendant

Also read ロ, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Memory story · made up to help you remember

“See the person standing tall, ready to interact with the world! When this radical appears on the left, it signals that the kanji describes a human quality, a social relationship, or an action that people perform.”
More in the 亻 person story
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Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
亻

Also built on person (亻)

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呂

Also built on spine (呂)

Also read リョ

4 kanji share this on'yomi

Also read ロ

7 kanji share this on'yomi

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
侶 companion · 亻
vs宮 Shinto shrine · 宀
侶 has 亻 where 宮 has 宀.
In ChineseSimplified 侣 · traditional, as in Japanese · lǚ

Japan keeps the traditional form 侶; mainland China simplifies it to 侣.

Simplified
侣 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
侶 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin lǚ most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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