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友 (pinyin yǒu, "friend (in 朋友)") is an HSK 1 Mandarin character with 4 strokes, built on the radical 又.

New
yǒu

friend (in 朋友)

Tone 3 · Third tone (dipping)

Radical
Strokes
4
HSK
1 · tier 1c

Commonly confused with

Characters this one is often mistaken for — same number of strokes, similar silhouette, single-component differences. Curated, not derived.

Radical family

Other characters built on the same radical . Often shares meaning category.

Pinyin neighbors

Characters with the same rime -iou, same-tone matches first. Many are true phonetic relatives; others are coincidental.

HanziFluency

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