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友 — stroke order
Watch how to write 友 (yǒu) stroke by stroke. 友 has 4 strokes and means “friend”. It appears in common words such as 朋友 (friend) and 好友 (close friend). The animation follows the correct Chinese stroke order inside a 米字格 practice grid — tap the cell or the ↺ button to replay it.
Common words with 友
The most common words that use 友 — tap any word to draw it stroke by stroke in the full tool.
朋友péngyoufriend好友hǎoyǒuclose friend女友nǚyǒugirlfriend友情yǒuqíngfriendly feelings男朋友nánpéngyoumale friend交友jiāoyǒuto make friends
How 友 is written
- Radical
- 又
- Formation
- Ideographic — Two hands 又 joined, representing friendship; 又 also provides the pronunciation.