友善
yoǔ shàn · HSK 7
friendly
🤝 友 friend + 善 good/kind = friendly (a friend who is kind)
友 means friend; 善 means good, kind, or virtuous. Stack them and you get the disposition of someone good toward friends: friendly. The 善 half also shows up in 善良 (kind-hearted), so it reliably tags goodness.
善 — sheep 羊 over 言 (speech), simplified to 善
Originally written with 羊 (sheep, auspicious) above two 言 (speech) elements, depicting auspicious or kind words. The form was simplified to one mouth-like base under 羊. The meaning shifted from 'auspicious speech' to the broader senses 'good, virtuous, skilled at.'