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友好

友好

Chinese

friend good; well; be fond of
simp. and trad.
(友好)
anagram 好友

Adjective

友好

  1. (Beginning Mandarin) friendly; amicable

Noun

友好

  1. friendship

Derived terms


Japanese

Kanji in this term
ゆう
Grade: 2
こう
Grade: 4
on'yomi

Etymology 1

From Sinitic 友好.

Pronunciation

Noun

友好 (hiragana ゆうこう, romaji yūkō, historical hiragana いうかう)

  1. friendship, amity
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Etymology 2

Compound of (tomo, friend) + (yoshi, good). The kanji used for the yoshi reading is an example of jukujikun.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

友好 (hiragana ともよし, romaji Tomoyoshi)

  1. A male given name

References

  1. Takebayashi, Shigeru (1993) The Kenkyusha Japanese-English Leaner's Pocket Dictionary, Tōkyō: Kenkyūsha, ISBN 978-4-7674-2305-0.
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9