友
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友 (Kangxi radical 29, 又+2, 4 strokes, cangjie input 大水 (KE), four-corner 40047, composition ⿸𠂇又)
Historical forms of the character 友 | |||
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Shang | Western Zhou | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
Oracle bone script | Bronze inscriptions | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
Ideogrammic compound (會意/会意) : 又 (“hand”) + 又 (“hand”) – two right hands meeting in friendship. Also phono-semantic (形聲/形声) , from 又 (OC *ɢʷɯs).
Endoactive derivation of 右 (OC *ɢʷɯʔ, “right”) (Schuessler, 2007). Cognate with Tibetan གྲོགས (grogs, “friend; companion”) (STEDT).
友
For pronunciation and definitions of 友 – see the following entry. | ||
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(This term, 友, is an alternative spelling of the above term.) |
From Middle Chinese 友 (MC hjuwX).
Wikisource 友 (eumhun 벗 우 (beot u))
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