Chinese symbol for “companionship”
友谊
yǒu yì
Traditional: 友誼
companionship; fellowship; friendship
The closest CC-CEDICT match for companionship is 友谊 (yǒu yì), defined as: companionship; fellowship; friendship.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 友谊.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 朋友 | péng you | friend; 个 (gè),位 (wèi) |
| 网友 (網友) | wǎng yǒu | online friend; netizen; Internet user |
| 女友 | nǚ yǒu | girlfriend |
| 好友 | hǎo yǒu | close friend; pal |
| 女朋友 | nǚ péng you | girlfriend |
| 友好 | yǒu hǎo | friendly; amicable; close friend |
| 联谊 (聯誼) | lián yì | friendship; fellowship |
| 联谊会 (聯誼會) | lián yì huì | association; club |
See also: Japanese symbol for “companionship”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.