| 669 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1879 | Morohashi |
| 459 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 刎頚 【フンケイ】 decapitation
- 刎頚の友 【フンケイノトモ】 inseparable friend, sworn friend
- 自刎 【ジフン】 committing suicide by slitting one's throat
Kun reading compounds
- 刎ねる 【はねる】 to cut off (someone's head), to behead, to decapitate
Readings
- Korean:
- mun
Spanish
Portuguese
French
| 2f4.3 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-4-2 | SKIP code |
| 2220.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-49-70 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 520e | Unicode hex code |
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 頚骨 【ケイコツ】 neckbones
- 頚神経叢 【ケイシンケイソウ】 cervical plexus
- 子宮頸 【シキュウケイ】 uterine cervix
- 斜頸 【シャケイ】 torticollis, wryneck, stiff neck
Kun reading compounds
- 首 【くび】 neck, head, dismissal (from a job), firing, sacking
- 首飾り 【くびかざり】 necklace, choker
- 上頸 【あげくび】 neckband, round upright collar (on some traditional Japanese clothing)
- 鶴首 【つるくび】 item with a long slender neck (e.g. vase, bottle), long-necked person
Readings
- Korean:
- gyeong
Spanish
Portuguese
French
| 1568 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 43434 | Morohashi |
| 6626 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 2796 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 2813 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 9a7.4 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-5-9 | SKIP code |
| 1118.6 | Four corner code |
| 1-23-59 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 981a | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N5
622 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 友 【ユウ】 friend, affection (for siblings)
- 友愛 【ユウアイ】 fraternity, friendship
- 戦友 【センユウ】 comrade in arms, war buddy, fellow soldier
- 盟友 【メイユウ】 sworn friend
Kun reading compounds
- 友 【とも】 friend, companion, comrade, pal, accompaniment, companion (e.g. book), complement, accessory
- 友達 【ともだち】 friend, companion
- リア友 【リアとも】 real-life friend (as opposed to online friend)
- 酒のお供 【さけのおとも】 appetizer or snack served with drinks, accompaniment to an (alcoholic) drink
Readings
- Japanese names:
- う、 ど、 ゆ
- Korean:
- u
Spanish
- amigo
- compañero
Portuguese
- amigo
French
- ami
| 145 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 234 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 214 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 543 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 858 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 158 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 30 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 70 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.18 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 264 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 264 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 79 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 268 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3670 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1873 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2553 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 711 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 3119 | Morohashi |
| 2952 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 672 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 704 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 760 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 451 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 104 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1467 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2h2.3 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 3-2-2 | SKIP code |
| 4-4-4 | SKIP code |
| 4004.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-45-07 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 53cb | Unicode hex code |