Entry
  1. Noun

    hobby friend; friend gained through common interests or personality

    Colloquialsee 類は友を呼ぶ

    似てくると言うよりは類友みたいな感じですね。
    Rather than coming to resemble each other, it feels like they are birds of a feather.
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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

sort, kind, variety, class, genus

Kun
たぐ.い
On
ルイ
Strokes
18
Taught
Grade 4
JLPT
N3
Frequency
678 of 2500
Radical
leaf
WaniKani
Level 18

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
1-9-9SKIP code
9a9.1The Kanji Dictionary
9148.6Four corner code
1061deroo
985eUnicode hex code
1-46-64JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5138Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
6647New Nelson (John Haig)
1807New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2275Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1176Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1606Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
931Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1000Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
680A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2755Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
493Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
43608PMorohashi
602A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
226Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
226Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
534sakade
1012Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
632henshall3
636Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
480crowley
563Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
3.16busy_people
1896Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
940Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
lei4Pinyin reading
ryuKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
18WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

friend

Kun
とも
On
ユウ
Strokes
4
Taught
Grade 2
JLPT
N5
Frequency
622 of 2500
Radical
again
WaniKani
Level 3

Built from

Used in names as

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
3-2-2, 4-4-4SKIP code
2h2.3The Kanji Dictionary
4004.7Four corner code
1467deroo
53cbUnicode hex code
1-45-07JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
858Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
672New Nelson (John Haig)
2952New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3670Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1873Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2553Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
704Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
760Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
543A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
70Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
158Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
3119Morohashi
214A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
264Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
264Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
145sakade
30Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
234henshall3
104Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
451crowley
79Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.18busy_people
268Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
711Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
you3Pinyin reading
uKorean reading
n5JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
3WaniKani level