Historical Evolution
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Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
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Bronze
Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
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Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
由
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
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Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
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Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
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Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
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Regular
Modern
Chinese
由 [yóu]
to follow; from; it is for...to; reason; cause; because of; due to; to; to leave it (to sb); by (introduces passive verb)
Japanese
noun
- reason; significance; cause
- piece of information that one has heard; I hear that ...; it is said that ...
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
由 ちなみ
Chinami female given name
由 ちなむ
Chinamu female given name
由 とおる
Tooru unclassified name
由 ゆ
Yu surname
由 ゆい
Yui surnamegiven name
由 ゆう
Yū female given name
由 ゆかり
Yukari female given name
由 ゆき
Yuki female given name
由 ゆたか
Yutaka unclassified name
由 よし
Yoshi female given name
由 よしかつ
Yoshikatsu unclassified name
由 よしじ
Yoshiji unclassified name
由 よしつぐ
Yoshitsugu unclassified name
CHINESE WORDS (157)
由于 [yóuyú] #1,769
due to
由于 [yóuyú] #1,769
due to
自由 [zìyóu] #810
freedom
理由 [lǐyóu] #875
reason
由此 [yóucǐ] #10,685
hereby
不由 [bùyóu] #22,078
can't help (doing sth)
不由自主 [bùyóuzìzhǔ] #15,376
can't help; involuntarily (idiom)
不由得 [bùyóude] #33,853
can't help
由衷 [yóuzhōng] #15,013
heartfelt
由此可见 [yóucǐkějiàn] #59,384
from this, it can be seen that...
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JAPANESE WORDS (200)
⭐ 理由 [りゆう] #247
reason
⭐ 自由 [じゆう] #439
freedom
⭐ 不自由 [ふじゆう] #5,250
discomfort
⭐ 由来 [ゆらい] #6,608
origin
⭐ 経由 [けいゆ] #6,878
going through
⭐ 由 [よし] #10,424
reason
自由に [じゆうに] #15,197
freely
自由自在 [じゆうじざい] #16,649
free
理由をつける [りゆうをつける] #16,776
to give a reason
⭐ 由緒 [ゆいしょ] #17,148
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