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由

wherefore
Stroke count: 5

Readings

On readingユ、ユウ、ユイ
Kun readingよし、よ.る
JōyōGrade 3
  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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Mnemonic (RtK)

ⓘ

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

Stroke Order

5 strokes

Practice Writing

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