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友人

ゆうじん

friend

Mnemonic

The formal way of saying it, friend with person bolted on. You ゆう and the same Jin じん, and the two of them have known each other since school: ゆうじん.

Worth knowing

友達 ともだち is what you actually say out loud. 友人 is for writing, and for talking about somebody rather than to them.

Built from

friend
Two hand shapes reaching the same way.
person
A pictograph, a figure walking, seen from the side.

Words sharing these kanji

friend, companion person person from (nationality) human being, people (human) life the person in question character, person another person, stranger adult people criminal, culprit lover, sweetheart

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