友
friend
4 strokes
Dict coverage rank #611 U+53CB
How 友 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
Two hands 又 joined, representing friendship; 又 also provides the pronunciation
How to remember it
friend · Heisig RSH #635
by one’s side + crotch
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words containing 友
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 教友大会 | jiào yǒu dà huì | church conference |
| 中国人民对外友好协会 | Zhōng guó Rén mín Duì wài Yǒu hǎo Xié huì | Chinese People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries (CPAFFC) |
| 自然之友 | Zì rán zhī Yǒu | Friends of Nature (Chinese environmental NGO) |
| 友好区 | Yǒu hǎo Qū | Youhao, a district of Yichun City 伊春市[Yi1 chun1 Shi4], Heilongjiang |
| 血友病 | xuè yǒu bìng | hemophilia |
| 友人 | yǒu rén | friend |
| 学友 | xué yǒu | schoolmate; classmate |
| 前女友 | qián nǚ yǒu | ex-girlfriend |
| 会友 | huì yǒu | to make friends; to meet friends; member of the same organization |
| 面友 | miàn yǒu | to put on a friendly face |
| 工友 | gōng yǒu | odd-job worker (janitor, groundsman etc) at a school or government office; (old) worker; f… |
| 老友 | lǎo yǒu | old friend; sb who passed the county level imperial exam (in Ming dynasty) |
| 病友 | bìng yǒu | a friend made in hospital or people who become friends in hospital; wardmate |
| 色友 | sè yǒu | photography enthusiast; friend with benefits |
| 竹马之友 | zhú mǎ zhī yǒu | see 竹馬之交|竹马之交[zhu2 ma3 zhi1 jiao1] |
| 张学友 | Zhāng Xué yǒu | Jacky Cheung or Hok Yau Jacky (1961-), Cantopop and film star |
| 重色轻友 | zhòng sè qīng yǒu | paying more attention to a lover than friends (idiom); to value sex over friendship |
| 年友 | nián yǒu | member of a group who have gone through some experience in the same year |
| 票友儿 | piào yǒu r | an amateur actor (e.g. in Chinese opera) |
| 交友 | jiāo yǒu | to make friends |