友 – friend

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The kanji 友 means friend. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ユウ (yuu); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is とも (tomo). It is written with 4 strokes, under radical 又 (no. 29).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ユウ	yuu
Kun’yomi	とも	tomo

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 又 (Kangxi radical 29). Components: ノ・一・又.

Words using 友

友達ともだちfriend友ともfriend親友しんゆうclose friend友好ゆうこうfriendship友情ゆうじょうfriendship友人ゆうじんfriend

Example sentences

犬は人間の最も親しい友達である。

Dogs are man's closest friends.

Tatoeba #175256

メグは新しい友達をたくさん得た。

Meg acquired many new friends.

Tatoeba #194630

まさかの時の友こそ真の友。

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

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Kanji with the same radical

取受反収及双叔

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