友

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[edit] Translingual

[edit] Etymology

From a pictograph of two hands meeting in friendship.


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[edit] Han character

友 (radical 29 又+2, 4 strokes, cangjie input 大水 (KE), four-corner 40047, composition ⿱一丿又)

  1. friend, companion
  2. fraternity

[edit] References

  • KangXi: page 165, character 6
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3119
  • Dae Jaweon: page 374, character 18
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 391, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+53CB

[edit] See also

[edit] Cantonese

[edit] Hanzi

友 (Yale yau5)

[edit] Japanese

[edit] Kanji

友 (grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji)

[edit] Readings

[edit] Noun

友 (hiragana とも, romaji tomo)

  1. friend; pal

[edit] Proper noun

友 (hiragana ゆう, romaji Yū)

  1. A male given name

[edit] Korean

[edit] Hanja

友
Eumhun:

  • Sound (hangeul): 우 (revised: u, McCune-Reischauer: u)
  • Name (hangeul): 벗()

[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Hanzi

友 (pinyin yǒu (you3), Wade-Giles yu3)

[edit] Noun

友

  1. friend

[edit] Vietnamese

[edit] Han character

友 (hữu)

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