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Kanji Detail for 友 - "friend, companion, friendship"

  • Meaning

    友 means "friend, companion, friendship."

    1. Friend - A companion; a comrade.

    2. To befriend - To become close; to associate; to get along.

    3. Friendly - Being on good terms; mutually supportive.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    friend

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    friend, companion; fraternity

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    friend

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    friend, companion; fraternity

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Friend. Those of the same mind are friends. Friendly nations are also called 友邦. | Being good to brothers is called 友. (Book of Documents) "Only filial and friendly to brothers." Today, calling brothers 友于 is like saying 友于之樂 (the joy of brotherhood), an abbreviated expression.
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Sentences including

  • They are my friends.

  • A friend comes to play at our house tomorrow.

  • Did you talk to your new classmates yesterday?

  • The man swimming in the river is my friend.

  • He had friends all over the world.

  • She tried to make friends with him.

  • One of my friends knows you.

  • I'm on my way to visit a friend who's in the hospital.

  • I thought he was my special friend.

  • We have been good friends for a long time.

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