己に如かざる者を友とするなかれ

Kanji in this term

己 如 者 友 おのれ Grade: 6 し Grade: S もの Grade: 3 とも Grade: 2 kun'yomi

Alternative spelling

己に如かざる者を友とするなかれ (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Calque of Literary Chinese 無友不如己者 (wú yǒu bùrú jǐ zhě).

Proverb

己おのれに如しかざる者ものを友ともとするなかれ • (onore ni shikazaru mono o tomo to surunakare)

Do not befriend people who are not as sincere as you are.

References

“己に△如(し)かざる者を友とするなかれ”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025 The Kōjien (広辞苑) Dictionary of the Japanese Language, 5th edition, Iwanami Shoten Publishing, Tokyo.