朋

péng
#880 most
frequent character
friend

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

朋 first showed a person carrying two strings of jade discs. Over time the person vanished and the two strings turned into the doubled 月 shape, now an empty part. The sense moved to fellow students under one teacher, and then simply to friends.

Drawn as: two jade bead strings

朋 as a component in other characters

sound7 characters
鹏崩棚绷硼堋萠

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