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The kanji 由: meaning, readings and stroke order
由
- Meaning
- reason, origin
- On reading
- ユ yu、ユウ yuu、ユイ* yui
- Kun reading
- よし yoshi
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 田 field
- Level
- Level 3 · grade 3
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- lý do, nguồn gốc (do)
- Japanese
- わけ。もと。
- Korean
- 까닭, 유래 (유)
- Chinese
- 原因、由来
Readings, words and example sentences
ユ yu · on reading
由来
where it comes from, origin
名前の 由来を 聞きました。
I heard how my name came to be.
ユウ yuu · on reading
自由
free, freedom
自由に 絵を かきます。
We draw whatever we like.
よし yoshi · kun reading · less common
由
news (that), hearing that
元気な 由、安心しました。
I am glad to hear you are well.
* marks a less common reading, usually learnt from junior high on.
Practise writing 由 in the app
In Dino Kids your child writes 由 with a finger and every stroke is checked, then takes the Level 3 practice test. Free, no ads, no in-app purchases.
Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.