由 — Chinese character
由
yóu
cause, reason; from
- Pinyin
- yóu
- Radical
- 102 ⽥ (Field)
- Strokes
- 5
- Components
- 田
- Formation
- ideographic — Road 丨 leading to the farm 田
- Japanese
- 由 as a kanji
Common words with 由
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 由于 (由於) | yóu yú | due to; as a result of |
| 自由 | zì yóu | freedom; liberty; free; unrestricted |
| 理由 | lǐ yóu | reason; grounds |
| 由此 | yóu cǐ | hereby; from this |
| 经由 (經由) | jīng yóu | via |
| 言论自由 (言論自由) | yán lùn zì yóu | freedom of speech |
| 藉由 | jiè yóu | by means of; through; by |
| 自由主义 (自由主義) | zì yóu zhǔ yì | liberalism |
| 交由 | jiāo yóu | to hand over (responsibility for sth) to (sb); to leave it to (sb else to take charge of the next stage of a process) |
| 新闻自由 (新聞自由) | xīn wén zì yóu | freedom of the press |
| 不由 | bù yóu | can't help (doing sth) |
| 由此可见 (由此可見) | yóu cǐ kě jiàn | from this, it can be seen that... |
English words written with 由
由 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Analects 35 · Art of War 3 · I Ching 2 · Mencius 55 · Zhuangzi 49
- Analects 1.12
- Analects 2.10
- Analects 2.17
- Analects 5.6
- Analects 5.7
- Analects 6.6
- Analects 6.12
- Analects 6.15
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