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友 — friend

Pinyin
yǒu
Strokes
4
HSK level
HSK 1
Handwriting
recognition only

How to write 友: 4 strokes

Each cell adds one stroke to the previous ones, with the new stroke in red. Stroke order is not decoration: it sets the proportions of the character and makes handwriting legible to a reader. The syllabus asks you to recognise this character rather than write it by hand.

友 — 4 strokes, in writing order from left to right.

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Words with 友 in the HSK syllabus: 13

Every word in the official 2026 syllabus that contains this character, with the level it is introduced at. Learning a character pays off through these: each one combines with the characters you already know.

  1. 男朋友nánpéngyouboyfriendHSK 1
  2. 女朋友nǚpéngyougirlfriendHSK 1
  3. 朋友péngyoufriendHSK 1
  4. 小朋友xiǎopéngyǒuchild; kidHSK 1
  5. 网友wǎngyǒuonline friend; netizen; Internet userHSK 4
  6. 友好yǒuhǎofriendly; amicable; close friendHSK 4
  7. 友情yǒuqíngfriendly feelings; friendshipHSK 4
  8. 友谊yǒuyìcompanionship; fellowship; friendshipHSK 4
  9. 亲朋好友qīnpéng-hǎoyǒufriends and family; kith and kinHSK 5
  10. 盟友méngyǒuallyHSK 7–9
  11. 友人yǒurénfriendHSK 7–9
  12. 友善yǒushànfriendlyHSK 7–9
  13. 战友zhànyǒucomrade-in-arms; battle companionHSK 7–9

Glosses come from CC-CEDICT, used under CC BY-SA 4.0, and are the dictionary’s first sense rather than a translation chosen for context.