友
友 — u
Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).
- Korean reading
- 벗 우
- Romanization
- u
- English
- friend, companion; fraternity
- Mandarin
- yǒu
- Japanese on'yomi
- ユウ, ウ
- Japanese kun'yomi
- とも
- Japanese usage
- Jōyō kanji
- School grade
- Grade 2
- Newspaper frequency
- #622 of 2,500
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 又 (29, 2 residual)
- Unicode
- U+53CB
How 友 was formed
Traditional analysis treats 友 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 又, 又.
Korean example words with 友
- 가우佳友 Korean gloss: 좋은 친구
- 우배友輩 Korean gloss: 친구 무리
- 문우文友 Korean gloss: 글로써 사귄 벗
- 우정友情 Korean gloss: 친구 사이의 정
- 도우道友 Korean gloss: 함께 도를 닦는 벗
- 우도友道 Korean gloss: 친구를 사귀는 도리
- 고우故友 Korean gloss: 이미 세상을 떠난 벗
- 교우敎友 Korean gloss: 같은 종교를 믿는 벗
- 친우親友 Korean gloss: 가까이하여 친한 사람
- 외우畏友 Korean gloss: 두려워하며 존경하는 벗
- 우군友軍 Korean gloss: 자기와 같은 편인 군대
- 신우信友 Korean gloss: 믿을 만하고 다정한 친구
Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)
Japanese words with 友
- 友人ゆうじん friend
- 友好ゆうこう friendship
- 友とも friend; companion; comrade
- 友達ともだち friend; companion
- 友情ゆうじょう friendship; fellowship; camaraderie
- 友愛ゆうあい fraternity; friendship
- 血友病けつゆうびょう hemophilia; haemophilia
- 親友しんゆう close friend; bosom friend; buddy
- 交友こうゆう friend; companion; acquaintance
- 戦友せんゆう comrade in arms; war buddy; fellow soldier
- 盟友めいゆう sworn friend
- 級友きゅうゆう classmate; friend in the same class
Other hanja read “우”
Other hanja with radical 又
Some glosses are machine-generated. Sources and licences are listed together — sources and licences