Onyomi: ユウ · Kunyomi: とも · Meanings: friend
Kanji for friend
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The kanji 校 combines 木 (tree) and 交 (to mix or intersect). In ancient script, 交 showed the crossing of lines or paths — symbolizing interaction or exchange. Together with 木 (wood, tree), the character originally referred to a place where wooden structures or posts crossed, but over time, it came to mean a place where people gather and exchange knowledge — a “school.” Thus, 校 evolved from the image of things intersecting to represent a place of learning and connection.
Made from 木 (tree) and 交 (to mix or intersect), 校 represents a place where people and ideas meet — a school or institution for learning.
This kanji declares: where trees (木) stand at the crossing (交) of knowledge, there is learning — 校 means school, the place where minds meet and grow.
| Word | Reading | Meaning | Meta |
|---|---|---|---|
| 友 | とも | friend, companion, comrade, pal | common JLPT-N3 Noun |
| 友 | ゆう | friend | Noun |
| 友情 | ゆうじょう | friendship, fellowship, camaraderie | common JLPT-N3 Noun |
| 友達 | ともだち | friend, companion | common JLPT-N5 Noun |
| 友人 | ゆうじん | friend | common JLPT-N3 Noun |
| 友好 | ゆうこう | friendship | common JLPT-N2 Noun |
| 友好的 | ゆうこうてき | friendly, amicable | Na-adjective (keiyodoshi) |
| 友好関係 | ゆうこうかんけい | (establish) friendly (cordial) relations (with, between), (form) friendship (e.g. with a nation) | Noun |
| 友愛会 | ゆうあいかい | fraternal association, friendship society, fraternity | Noun |
| 友達付き合い | ともだちづきあい | friendly relations, social relations, social life | Noun |