朋 Home·Characters·朋 Character · Qualities 朋 hō friend Composition 12345678 月moon, month Origin Originally two matched strings of cowries or jade: a pair, hence companions, friends. Related characters 崩to crumble棚shelf, rack不not, negation乏lack, scarcity也to be, also事matter, affair他other以by means of位rank, position何what, which健sturdy, healthy元origin, beginning