Character: 友
Modern (Beijing) reading: yǒu
Preclassic Old Chinese: wǝʔ
Classic Old Chinese: wǝ́
Western Han Chinese: wǝ́
Eastern Han Chinese: wǝ́
Early Postclassic Chinese: wíw
Middle Postclassic Chinese: wǝ́w
Late Postclassic Chinese: wǝ́w
Middle Chinese: ɦǝ́w
English meaning : be friendly; friend; companion
Russian meaning[s]: 1) друг, товарищ, коллега; дружить; дружественный; 2) относиться по-братски; 3) помогать; помощь; 4) Ю (фамилия)
Shuowen gloss: 譚長說假如比.又同志為友.從二又相交.
Comments: Etymology see under 右 *wǝʔ. For *w cf. Xiamen, Chaozhou, Fuzhou iu3.
Radical: 29
Four-angle index: 5970
Bijiang Bai: -jou3
Shijing occurrences: 1.3_, 34.4_
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