朋

Glyph origin
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The oracle bone script form consisted of two strings of five cowries. Some forms of the oracle bone script contained an additional which later evolved into, which served as a phonetic component. The glyph was eventually corrupted to a.

 erroneously suggests was the ancient form of.

Definitions

 * 1)  unit of ; various theories exist about the exact amount
 * 2) friend
 * 3)  to gang up; to band together
 * 4)  to be similar; to equal
 * 1)  to gang up; to band together
 * 2)  to be similar; to equal
 * 1)  to gang up; to band together
 * 2)  to be similar; to equal

Kanji

 * 1) friend
 * 2) faction

Etymology
From.