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朋

朋 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. とも。仲間。対等に肩を列べる人物。
  2. みかた。自分たちを利する人物。
  3. 貝貨を五つ一組につないで2組み列べた物。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「人」+音符「玨」。「とも」を意味する漢語｛朋｝を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

companion, friend

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ホウ
Kun (native)
  • とも
Other languages
  • 拼音peng2
  • 한글bung
  • Hán-ViệtBằng

Basics

Strokes
8 strokes
Radical
月(つき)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+670B

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰月月

Words using this kanji

  • 朋友ほうゆうみかた、仲間。friend, companion
  • 朋党ほうとう同じ主義や利害などをもつ集団。faction, clique
  • 朋輩ほうばい同じ師につくなかま。 同じ職場の同僚。comrade, friend, associate, colleague
  • 朋友ポンユーみかた、仲間。friend, companion

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(11 results)

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