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朋
🇹🇼🇭🇰🇨🇳🇯🇵🇰🇷

companion

HSK 1 N1
Human →Relations →Occupations
péng
ホウ
とも
붕
Depicts a pair of strings of jade mounted together. The meaning later shifted to "friend". Not related to 月 (moon), despite the visual similarity.
Notes
Historical Evolution
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Bronze Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Bronze
Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
朋
Regular
Modern
Chinese
朋 [péng]
friend
Japanese
友 、 朋 とも 同音

noun

  1. friend; companion; comrade; pal
  2. accompaniment; companion (e.g. book); complement; accessory
Example Sentences
🇯🇵 (1)
まさかの時の友こそ真の友。
A friend in need is a friend indeed.
Japanese Names
朋 とも
Tomo female given name
朋 ともえ
Tomoe female given name
朋 ともかつ
Tomokatsu unclassified name
朋 ほう
Hou unclassified name
朋 ゆかり
Yukari female given name
CHINESE WORDS (52)
朋友 [péng​you] #166
friend
女朋友 [nǚ​péng​you] #1,115
girlfriend
男朋友 [nán​péng​you] #1,176
boyfriend
小朋友 [xiǎo​péng​yǒu] #4,305
child
好朋友 [hǎo​péng​you] #5,705
good friend
老朋友 [lǎo​péng​you] #2,666
old friend
亲朋好友 [qīn​péng​hǎo​yǒu] #21,420
friends and family
亲朋好友 [qīn​péng​hǎo​yǒu] #21,420
friends and family
交朋友 [jiāo​péng​you] #14,673
to make friends
亲朋 [qīn​péng] #31,994
relatives and friends
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JAPANESE WORDS (11)
⭐ 友 [とも] #3,856
friend
朋輩 [ほうばい] #42,323
comrade
朋友 [ほうゆう] #44,572
friend
同朋 [どうぼう] #59,615
companions
朋党 [ほうとう] #151,048
faction
知己朋友 [ちきほうゆう] #200,489
intimate friends and acquaintances
友朋 [ゆうほう]
friend
同朋大学 [どうほうだいがく]
Doho University
桐朋学園大学 [とうほうがくえんだいがく]
Toho Gakuen School of Music
桐朋学園大学院大学 [とうほうがくえんだいがくいんだいがく]
Toho Gakuen Graduate School
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