朋(péng): friend
HSK 18 strokes
friend
Stroke order animation
Character information
- Pinyin
- péng
- Meaning
- friend
- Strokes
- 8
- HSK level
- HSK 1
- Traditional
- Same
Origin & structure
Where 朋 comes from and how its parts fit together.
Ideograph
⿰月月Two people 月 walking together
A combination of parts whose meanings add up to the whole.
Made of
Parts are arranged left to right.
How to write 朋 step by step
8 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.
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Words with 朋
Common words using 朋 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.
child; kid (used to refer to a child, or by an adult to address a child, or, in Taiwan,…
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