漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People
友: friend
JLPT N54 strokesGrade 2Your ink: 白 Not met
- 𠂇(form)
- 又again(meaning)
又 carries the meaning · 𠂇 is drawn in
4 strokes
Bronze · Western Zhou Today
Bronze: Wikimedia Commons, public domain. Today’s form: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Two readings, and the words that use each
ユウyuu · on'yomi · in compounds
- 友人ゆうじんfriend
- 友情ゆうじょうfriendship
- 親友しんゆうclose friend
- 友好ゆうこうfriendship
- 友愛ゆうあいfraternity; friendship
- 交友こうゆうfriend; companion; acquaintance
ともtomo · kun'yomi · on its own
- 友達ともだちfriend
- 友ともfriend; companion; comrade
Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0 · JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Origin · sourced
Phono-semantic compound (形聲)又 (sound) + 又 (sound)
Source: Wiktionary, 友 (rev. 92160486), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Right hand (又) + left hand (𠂇). Two "hands" coming together in a gesture of mutual support and help—the literal definition of a friend.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
友 gives its sound to
The family reading is ハツ (hatsu). Sound parts: KanjiVG.
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side友 friend · 𠂇
vs反 anti- · 厂In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · yǒu
Same form: 友 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 友 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 友 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin yǒu 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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