| 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) |
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
| 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 |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1542 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 釣果 【チョウカ】 catch (fishing), amount of fish caught, caught fish
- 釣菌 【チョウキン】 extracting bacteria (from a petri dish, etc.)
- 爆釣 【バクチョウ】 big catch (of fish), big haul
Kun reading compounds
- 釣る 【つる】 to fish, to angle, to catch, to lure in, to tempt, to attract, to entice, to allure
- 釣瓶 【つるべ】 well bucket
- 釣り 【つり】 fishing, angling, change (for a purchase), clickbaiting, trolling, bait, making deliberately inflammatory posts online
- 釣り合い 【つりあい】 balance, equilibrium
- 雪釣り 【ゆきつり】 game in which children use a piece of charcoal on a string to create and lift up snowballs
- 雪吊り 【ゆきづり】 placing ropes or wires around trees to protect them from the snow, ropes stretched from the top of a tree to the lower branches to prevent their breaking under heavy snow
Readings
- Japanese names:
- つり
- Korean:
- jo
Spanish
- pescar con caña
- colgar
- cambio (dinero)
Portuguese
- pesca
- peixe
- pegar
- fascinação
- laçar
French
- rendre la monnaie
- pêche à la ligne
- attraper
- attirer
- capturer
| 1592 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1225 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 4820 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1836 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1843 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1416 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1862 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 2020 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1335 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1810 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2108 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1098 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1496 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 279 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 40172X | Morohashi |
| 1674 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 6224 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 273 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 291 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1495 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 2852 | 2001 Kanji |
| 8a3.5 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-8-3 | SKIP code |
| 8712.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-36-64 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 91e3 | Unicode hex code |