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ๅ‹
JLPT N5 SL2 4 strokes Frequency: #622

Meanings

Friend

Radicals

ๅˆ

Decomposition

โฟธ๏ผŸๅˆ

Etymology

Ideographic: Two handsย ๅˆ joined, representing friendship;ย ๅˆ also provides the pronunciation

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 4

Stroke Order

1 horizontal bottom-to-top
2 diagonal top-to-bottom
3 corner top-to-bottom
4 diagonal bottom-right-to-top-left
On'yomi (Chinese reading)
ใƒฆใ‚ฆ yuu
Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)
ใจใ‚‚ tomo

Words Using This Kanji

160 words total
Other (20 words)
ๅ‹ๅฅฝ้–ขไฟ‚ ใ‚†ใ†ใ“ใ†ใ‹ใ‚“ใ‘ใ„

(establish) friendly (cordial) relations (with, between)

ๅ‹ๆ„›ไผš ใ‚†ใ†ใ‚ใ„ใ‹ใ„

fraternal association

็Ÿฅๅทฑๆœ‹ๅ‹ ใกใใปใ†ใ‚†ใ†

intimate friends and acquaintances

็›Š่€…ไธ‰ๅ‹ ใˆใใ—ใ‚ƒใ•ใ‚“ใ‚†ใ†

three kinds of beneficial friends: straightforward, sincere, and well-informed ones

ๅ‹้”ๆ„Ÿ่ฆš ใจใ‚‚ใ ใกใ‹ใ‚“ใ‹ใ

feeling like friends

ไธ่‰ฏไบคๅ‹ ใตใ‚Šใ‚‡ใ†ใ“ใ†ใ‚†ใ†

getting mixed up with the wrong people

ๅฟƒใฎๅ‹ ใ“ใ“ใ‚ใฎใจใ‚‚

one's bosom friend

็”ทๅ‹้” ใŠใจใ“ใจใ‚‚ใ ใก

male friend

้กžใฏๅ‹ใ‚’ๅ‘ผใถ ใ‚‹ใ„ใฏใจใ‚‚ใ‚’ใ‚ˆใถ

birds of a feather flock together

ๅ‹้Œฒ ใจใ‚‚ใ‚ใ

adding someone to one's friends list

้œŠๅ‹ไผš ใ‚Œใ„ใ‚†ใ†ใ‹ใ„

Reiyukai (Buddhist sect founded in 1919 as an offshoot of Nichiren Buddhism)

ๅ‹็ฆ…่Š ใ‚†ใ†ใœใ‚“ใŽใ

Tartarian aster (Aster Novi-Belgii)

็ŒŸๅ‹ ใ‚Šใ‚‡ใ†ใ‚†ใ†

hunting companion

็ŒŸๅ‹ไผš ใ‚Šใ‚‡ใ†ใ‚†ใ†ใ‹ใ„

hunting club

้กžๅ‹ ใ‚‹ใ„ใจใ‚‚

hobby friend

้‡‘ใ‚’่ฒธใ›ใฐๅ‹ใ‚’ๅคฑใ† ใ‹ใญใ‚’ใ‹ใ›ใฐใจใ‚‚ใ‚’ใ†ใ—ใชใ†

lend your money and lose your friend

ๆ˜จๆ—ฅใฎๅ‹ใฏไปŠๆ—ฅใฎๆ•ต ใใฎใ†ใฎใจใ‚‚ใฏใใ‚‡ใ†ใฎใฆใ

a friend today may turn against you tomorrow

้Šใณๅ‹้” ใ‚ใใณใจใ‚‚ใ ใก

playmate

ๅ‹้”่จ€่‘‰ ใจใ‚‚ใ ใกใ“ใจใฐ

casual speech

้žๅ‹ๅฅฝ ใฒใ‚†ใ†ใ“ใ†

unfriendly