友
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Translingual edit
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Han character edit
友 (Kangxi radical 29, 又+2, 4 strokes, cangjie input 大水 (KE), four-corner 40047, composition ⿸𠂇又)
Derived characters edit
References edit
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 165, character 6
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3119
- Dae Jaweon: page 374, character 18
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 391, character 1
- Unihan data for U+53CB
Chinese edit
simp. and trad. |
友 | |
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alternative forms | 㕛 𦫹 𦐮 |
Glyph origin edit
Historical forms of the character 友 | |||
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Shang | Western Zhou | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
Oracle bone script | Bronze inscriptions | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
Ideogrammic compound (會意/会意) : 又 (“hand”) + 又 (“hand”) – two right hands meeting in friendship. Also phono-semantic (形聲/形声) , from 又 (OC *ɢʷɯs).
Etymology edit
Endoactive derivation of 右 (OC *ɢʷɯʔ, “right”) (Schuessler, 2007). Cognate with Tibetan གྲོགས (grogs, “friend; companion”) (STEDT).
Pronunciation edit
Definitions edit
友
- friend; companion
- 好友 ― hǎoyǒu ― good friend
- 波友 [Cantonese] ― bo1 jau5 [Jyutping] ― friend that someone often plays ball games with
- 招招舟子、人涉卬否。人涉卬否、卬須我友。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11th – 7th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Zhāozhāo zhōuzǐ, rén shè áng fǒu. Rén shè áng fǒu, áng xū wǒyǒu. [Pinyin]
- The boatman beckons and beckons; others cross, not me. Others cross, not me; I'm waiting for my friend.
招招舟子、人涉卬否。人涉卬否、卬须我友。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]
- (literary) to make friends with
- (literary, chiefly among brothers) to love each other
- 窈窕淑女,琴瑟友之。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]
- From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11th – 7th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Yǎotiǎoshūnǚ, qínsè yǒu zhī. [Pinyin]
- The modest, retiring, virtuous, young lady: With lutes, small and large, let us give her friendly welcome.
- 兄亦不念鞠子哀,大不友于弟。 [Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]
- From: The Book of Documents, circa 4th – 3rd century BCE, translated based on Bernhard Karlgren's version
- Xiōng yì bù niàn jūzǐ āi, dà bù yǒu yú dì. [Pinyin]
- The elder brother likewise does not think of his tender younger brother’s pitiableness and is greatly unfriendly towards his younger brother.
- (in compounds) friendly
- (Cantonese, colloquial, somewhat impolite) guy; bloke (Classifier: 條/条 c; 班 c; 丁 c; 兜 c)
- a surname
Synonyms edit
Compounds edit
- 三五好友
- 三友 (sānyǒu)
- 三朋四友
- 世友
- 交友 (jiāoyǒu)
- 以文會友/以文会友
- 佞徒損友/佞徒损友
- 僚友
- 兄友弟恭 (xiōngyǒudìgōng)
- 化敵為友/化敌为友 (huàdíwéiyǒu)
- 友于
- 友人 (yǒurén)
- 友善 (yǒushàn)
- 友好 (yǒuhǎo)
- 友好條約/友好条约
- 友婿
- 友情 (yǒuqíng)
- 友愛/友爱 (yǒu'ài)
- 友生 (yǒushēng)
- 友誼/友谊 (yǒuyì)
- 友誼商店/友谊商店 (yǒuyì shāngdiàn)
- 友誼賽/友谊赛 (yǒuyìsài)
- 友軍/友军 (yǒujūn)
- 友邦 (yǒubāng)
- 友風子雨/友风子雨
- 取友
- 同窗契友
- 同門友/同门友
- 嘉祐四友
- 嚶鳴求友/嘤鸣求友
- 土網友/土网友
- 執友/执友 (zhíyǒu)
- 夠朋友/够朋友
- 奔走之友
- 契友
- 女友 (nǚyǒu)
- 好友 (hǎoyǒu)
- 好朋友
- 婚友介紹/婚友介绍
- 婚友社
- 嫖友 (piáoyǒu)
- 孝友
- 學友/学友 (xuéyǒu)
- 室友 (shìyǒu)
- 密友 (mìyǒu)
- 小友
- 尚友
- 山友 (shānyǒu)
- 工友 (gōngyǒu)
- 師友/师友 (shīyǒu)
- 幕友
- 影友會/影友会
- 徵友/征友
- 戰友/战友 (zhànyǒu)
- 探友
- 損友/损友 (sǔnyǒu)
- 損者三友/损者三友
- 摯友/挚友 (zhìyǒu)
- 擇交而友/择交而友
- 擇友/择友
- 故友 (gùyǒu)
- 教友 (jiàoyǒu)
- 敝友
- 昵友
- 普天共友
- 會友/会友 (huìyǒu)
- 朋友
- 朋友有舊/朋友有旧
- 校友 (xiàoyǒu)
- 校友會/校友会 (xiàoyǒuhuì)
- 歌友會/歌友会
- 歲寒三友/岁寒三友 (suìhánsānyǒu)
- 死友
- 求其友聲/求其友声
- 求親告友/求亲告友
- 涼友/凉友
- 溪友 (xīyǒu)
- 燮友
- 爭友/争友
- 牌友
- 狂朋怪友
- 狐朋狗友 (húpénggǒuyǒu)
- 玉友
- 玉昆金友
- 男朋友
- 畏友 (wèiyǒu)
- 發燒友/发烧友 (fāshāoyǒu)
- 益友 (yìyǒu)
- 益者三友
- 盟友 (méngyǒu)
- 知友 (zhīyǒu)
- 石友
- 硯友/砚友
- 票友 (piàoyǒu)
- 窗友
- 站友
- 竹馬之友/竹马之友
- 筆友/笔友 (bǐyǒu)
- 素友
- 結友/结友
- 網友/网友 (wǎngyǒu)
- 網路筆友/网路笔友
- 線上交友/线上交友
- 老友 (lǎoyǒu)
- 老朋友
- 聽友/听友 (tīngyǒu)
- 股友社
- 背主賣友/背主卖友
- 腹心之友
- 膩友/腻友
- 至交契友
- 至友 (zhìyǒu)
- 至親好友/至亲好友
- 舊友/旧友 (jiùyǒu)
- 良友 (liángyǒu)
- 良師益友/良师益友 (liángshīyìyǒu)
- 良朋益友
- 莫逆之友
- 血友病 (xuèyǒubìng)
- 見色忘友/见色忘友
- 親友/亲友 (qīnyǒu)
- 親朋好友/亲朋好友 (qīnpénghǎoyǒu)
- 訪友/访友
- 詩朋酒友/诗朋酒友
- 諍友/诤友 (zhèngyǒu)
- 讀友/读友
- 豬朋狗友/猪朋狗友 (zhūpénggǒuyǒu)
- 賓友/宾友
- 賣友/卖友
- 賣友求榮/卖友求荣 (màiyǒuqiúróng)
- 農友/农友
- 道友 (dàoyǒu)
- 酈寄賣友/郦寄卖友
- 酒友
- 酒肉朋友
- 重色輕友/重色轻友 (zhòngsèqīngyǒu)
- 金友玉昆
- 釣友/钓友 (diàoyǒu)
- 閨中密友/闺中密友 (guīzhōng mìyǒu)
- 閨友/闺友
- 隊友/队友 (duìyǒu)
- 難友/难友 (nànyǒu)
- 電腦擇友/电脑择友
- 竟陵八友
- 鳳友/凤友
- 鳳友鸞交/凤友鸾交
- 龍鬚友/龙须友
References edit
- “友”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
Japanese edit
Kanji edit
友
Readings edit
Etymology 1 edit
Kanji in this term |
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友 |
とも Grade: 2 |
kun’yomi |
For pronunciation and definitions of 友 – see the following entry. | ||
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(This term, 友, is an alternative spelling of the above term.) |
Etymology 2 edit
Proper noun edit
- a male given name
Korean edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Chinese 友 (MC hjuwX).
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Pronunciation edit
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [u(ː)]
- Phonetic hangul: [우(ː)]
- Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Hanja edit
Compounds edit
Compounds
References edit
- 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전/電子字典. [2]
Vietnamese edit
Han character edit
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