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由

wherefore
Stroke count: 5

Readings

On readingユ、ユウ、ユイ
Kun readingよし、よ.る
JLPT level: N3JōyōGrade 3

Meanings

  1. whereforeRtK
  2. a reason
  1. reason
  2. significance
  3. cause
  4. piece of information that one has heard
  5. i hear that ...

Popular Usage

自由理由経由

Radicals and components

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Components
How it's built
由
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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sprout · shoot

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1186

Compound words

自由じゆう
freedom; liberty
理由りゆう
reason; grounds; pretext; excuse; motive
経由けいゆ
going through; going via; going by way of
事由じゆう
reason; cause; whys and wherefores; particulars
由緒ゆいしょ
history; pedigree; lineage
由来ゆらい
origin; source; history; derivation; originally
自由化じゆうか
liberalization; liberalisation; freeing
不自由ふじゆう
discomfort; inconvenience; poverty; want; destitution
自由形じゆうがた
freestyle (e.g. swimming event)
自由経済じゆうけいざい
free economy
自由主義じゆうしゅぎ
liberalism
因由いんゆ
cause
原由げんゆ
reason
由るよる
to be due to
自由にじゆうに
freely
由婁漫イルマン
brother
自由貿易じゆうぼうえき
free trade
自由豁達じゆうかったつ
free and easy
自由濶達じゆうかったつ
free and easy
由来するゆらいする
origin
経由するけいゆする
to go
結社の自由けっしゃのじゆう
freedom of association
市場自由化しじょうじゆうか
market liberalization
自由意志論じゆういしろん
(philosophical) libertarianism

Additional Examples

彼は片方の目が不自由だ。
He is blind in one eye.tatoeba
彼は病気を理由に辞任した。
He resigned on the grounds that he was ill.tatoeba
彼は病気を理由に辞職した。
He resigned on the grounds of ill health.tatoeba
彼は病気と言う理由で辞職した。
He resigned on the grounds that he was ill.tatoeba

Stroke Order

5 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 由

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