The Radical: 友


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Meaning
friend    友

Explanation

Used in these Kanji:
JLPT HSK 1
to love, affection, to be fond of, to like
ài
From top: hand reaching down , cover friend (They shake hands , because they are friends.)
When I reach down though a cover to a friend, then because of love. (Or: To receive a hand from sb., due to: love.)

Vocabulary
JLPT HSK 1
friend
yǒu
Comprises twice a radical for hand: , as shaking hands
They shake hands because they are friends.

Vocabulary
JLPT HSK 3
to send out, to show (one's feeling), to happen
fā, fà
Top: mountain (drawn untidy), below: hand
(e.g. in a draft letter) The mountain was drawn by the hand very messy, but now we have to send (the letter) out.

Vocabulary
JLPT HSK 6
to pull out, pluck, pick, outstanding, to surpass

Left: hand , right: 犮 (friend [= They shake hands , because they are friends.] and emphasis )
You need three hands for that , to be pulled out.

Vocabulary
JLPT no HSK
travel, walk

Left: foot , right: 犮 (friend (= two hands [= They shake hands , because they are friends] with emphasis )
Using feet the emphasized friends meet, when: travelling.

Vocabulary

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