由 — 5 strokes ／ Radical「田」
道8Elementary year 3 ／ 5 strokes ／ Radical「田」
- On
- ユ・ユウ・ユイゆ・ゆう・ゆい · yu · yū · yui
- Kun
- よしyoshi
- Meaning
- reason, cause, origin
Stroke order
Origin
A pictograph of a jar with its contents coming out of the spout — from this it means the source or reason of things.
Readings and examples
| Onユゆyu | 由来ゆらい経由けいゆ |
|---|---|
| Onユウゆうyū | 自由じゆう理由りゆう事由じゆう |
| Onユイゆいyui | 由緒ゆいしょ |
| Kunよしyoshi | ……の由……のゆ |
Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.
Compounds
- 自由じゆう
freedom
- 理由りゆう
reason
Example
おくれた 理由を 話します。
I explain the reason I was late.
Nearby characters
The line style shows how they connect
CompoundRadicalReading
Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)