友

friend

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

ユウ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

とも

Nanori (名乗り)

うどゆ

Stroke Order

4 / 4

Information

Grade:2

Strokes:4

JLPT:N5

Frequency:622

Vocabulary

ユウ

Word	Reading	Meaning
血友病	ケツユウビョウ	hemophilia; haemophilia
交友	コウユウ	friend; companion; acquaintance; friendship; companionship
親友	シンユウ	close friend; bosom friend; buddy; crony; chum
盟友	メイユウ	sworn friend
友愛	ユウアイ	fraternity; friendship

Other

Word	Reading	Meaning
友	とも	friend; companion; comrade; pal; accompaniment; companion (e.g. book); complement; accessory
友達	ともだち	friend; companion
友達	トモダチ	friend; companion
友釣り	ともづり	live decoy fishing (esp. for sweetfish)
友禅染	ゆうぜんぞめ	type of dyeing method or pattern; silk printed by the Yuzen process

Visually Similar Kanji

These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes

branch, support, sustain, branch radical (no. 65)

length, ten shaku, measure, Mr., Ms., height, stature, all (one has), only, that's all, merely

Grade 8JLPT N/A

long time, old story

sham, temporary, interim, assumed (name), informal

guy, slave, manservant, fellow

slope, incline, hill

return, answer, fade, repay