友
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Translingual[edit]
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Han character[edit]
友 (Kangxi radical 29, 又+2, 4 strokes, cangjie input 大水 (KE), four-corner 40047, composition ⿸𠂇又)
Derived characters[edit]
References[edit]
- KangXi: page 165, character 6
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3119
- Dae Jaweon: page 374, character 18
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 391, character 1
- Unihan data for U+53CB
Chinese[edit]
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友 | |
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alternative forms | 㕛 𦫹 𦐮 |
Glyph origin[edit]
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Shang | Western Zhou | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
Oracle bone script | Bronze inscriptions | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
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Ideogrammic compound (會意): 又 (“hand”) + 又 (“hand”) – two right hands meeting in friendship. Also phono-semantic (形聲), from 又 (OC *ɢʷɯs).
Etymology[edit]
Endoactive derivation of 右 (OC *ɢʷɯʔ, “right”) (Schuessler, 2007). Cognate with Tibetan གྲོགས (grogs, “friend; companion”) (STEDT).
Pronunciation[edit]
Definitions[edit]
友
- friend; companion
- 窈窕淑女,琴瑟友之。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]
- From: The Classic of Poetry, circa 11th – 7th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Yǎotiǎoshūnǚ, qínsè yǒu zhī. [Pinyin]
- The modest, retiring, virtuous, young lady: With lutes, small and large, let us give her friendly welcome.
- fraternity
- (Cantonese, colloquial, slightly impolite) guy; bloke (Classifier: 條/条; 班)
- A surname.
Compounds[edit]
Derived terms from 友
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Japanese[edit]
Kanji[edit]
友
Readings[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
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友 |
とも Grade: 2 |
kun’yomi |
For pronunciation and definitions of 友 – see the following entry. | ||
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(This term, 友, is an alternative spelling of the above term.) |
Etymology 2[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
- A male given name
Korean[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle Chinese 友 (MC ɦɨuX).
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Pronunciation[edit]
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [u(ː)]
- Phonetic hangul: [우(ː)]
- Though still prescriptive in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Hanja[edit]
Compounds[edit]
Compounds
References[edit]
- 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전/電子字典. [1]
Vietnamese[edit]
Han character[edit]
- This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text
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