The kanji 友: meaning, readings and stroke order

友

Meaning: friend
On reading: ユウ yuu
Kun reading: とも tomo
Strokes: 4
Radical: 又 right hand
Level: Level 2 · grade 2

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: bạn bè (hữu)
Japanese: ともだち。
Korean: 친구 (우)
Chinese: 朋友

Readings, words and example sentences

ユウ yuu · on reading

友ゆう人じん
friend
父の 友ゆう人じんが家に来ました。
My dad's friend came to our house.

とも tomo · kun reading

友とも
friend
友ともと公園で会いました。
I met my friend at the park.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.