朋
Meanings
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- 1.friend
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Wiktionary
- 1.unit of shell money; various theories exist about the exact amount
- 2.friend
- 3.to gang up; to band together
- 4.to be similar; to equal
- 5.a surname
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Etymology
Pictogram (象形). The oracle bone script form consisted of two strings of five cowries. Some forms of the oracle bone script contained an additional 人 which later evolved into 勹 (OC *pruː), which served as a phonetic component. The glyph was eventually corrupted to a duplication of 月 (“moon”). Shuowen erroneously suggests 朋 (OC *bɯːŋ) was the ancient form of 鳳 (OC *bums).
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Stroke order
Components
朋月
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Derived terms
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Related words
朋友 friend朋驰 see 奔驰[Bēn chí]宾朋 guests亲朋 relatives and friends朋克 punk (music style) (loanword)朋党 clique女朋友 girlfriend男朋友 boyfriend小朋友 child; kid (used to refer to a child, or by an adult to address a child, or, in Taiwan, to refer to sb's own child)老朋友 old friend交朋友 to make friends够朋友 (coll.) to be a true friend