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誼 — Friendship

JLPT N115 strokesSecondary school
friendship, intimacy
On’yomi (gi)
Kun’yomiよしみ (yoshimi)
Kun’yomiよい (yoi)

Stroke order (15 strokes)

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Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).

Common words using 誼

WordReadingMeaning
友誼ゆうぎ
yuugi
friendship; friendly relations; fellowship

Study notes

誼 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 15 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).

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