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友

Friend
Stroke count: 4

Readings

On readingユウ
Kun readingとも
JLPT level: N5JōyōGrade 2Level 3

Meanings

  1. friendRtK
  1. companion
  2. comrade
  3. pal
  4. accompaniment

Homonyms

ⓘ
Same reading (とも)
供 · follower共 · together with

Popular Usage

友達親友

Radicals and components

Radical又again
How it's built
友
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Mnemonic (RtK)

ⓘ

by one’s side · crotch

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 760

Compound words

友達ともだち
friend; companion
親友しんゆう
close friend; bosom friend; buddy; crony; chum
友情ゆうじょう
friendship; fellowship; camaraderie
学友がくゆう
school friend
交友こうゆう
friend; companion; acquaintance; friendship; companionship
盟友めいゆう
sworn friend
友愛ゆうあい
fraternity; friendship
友好ゆうこう
friendship
友人ゆうじん
friend
僚友りょうゆう
colleague; workmate; comrade; coworker
戦友せんゆう
comrade in arms; war buddy; fellow soldier
血友病けつゆうびょう
hemophilia; haemophilia
悪友あくゆう
undesirable friend
畏友いゆう
one's esteemed friend
益友えきゆう
good friend
級友きゅうゆう
classmate
旧友きゅうゆう
old friend
知友ちゆう
(close) friend
俳友はいゆう
(haiku) poetry pals
朋友ほうゆう
friend
友誼ゆうぎ
friendship
友朋ゆうほう
friend
友鵆ともちどり
flocking plovers
諍友そうゆう
friend who gives frank advice

Kun Reading Examples

友なる太陽よ俺を照らし続けてくれ。とも
My friend Sun shine on me now and ever.tatoeba

Additional Examples

彼は病気の友を毎日見舞いに来る。
He comes to see his sick friend day after day.tatoeba
彼は必ず友人との約束を守る。
He never fails to keep his word with his friends.tatoeba
彼は彼女の友達です。
He is her friend.tatoeba
彼は彼女の秘密を彼の友人に漏らした。
He betrayed her secret to his friends.tatoeba
だが夕子には同郷の幼友達であり、恋人である青年僧の正順がいた。
However, Yuko was in love with her childhood friend from the same village, Seijun, a young priest.wiki

Stroke Order

4 strokes

Friend. Two hands (𠂇 and 又) — two people reaching out to each other.

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 友

Draw with a guide, then from memory — checked at every step