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Mythic Mandarin

理由 (lǐ yóu): meaning and stroke order

理由 (lǐ yóu) means reason, grounds, justification, 个.

理由

Simplified
理由
Traditional
理由 (same form)
Pinyin
lǐ yóu

Stroke order of 理由

理

  • lǐ texture; grain (of wood)
  • 11 strokes

Stroke by stroke

由

  • yóu to follow; from
  • 5 strokes

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 理由

  1. lǐ yóu
    • reason
    • grounds
    • justification
    • CL:個|个[ge4]

Radicals of the characters

理
Radical 玉 (Kangxi radical 96) · 11 strokes · 𤣩 on the left, 里 on the right
由
Radical 田 (Kangxi radical 102) · 5 strokes · built from 日 and 丨

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

理由 in our stories

Preview version — Chinese review in progress.

  • “对你们来说，早市只是一块地；对我们这些老人来说，它是每天早上出门的理由。”

    duì nǐmen láishuō zǎoshì zhǐshì yí kuài dì duì wǒmen zhèxiē lǎorén láishuō tā shì měitiān zǎoshang chūmén de lǐyóu

    "To you the market is just a plot of land; for us old people it's the reason to go out every morning."

    From the story The market hearing HSK 7–9 · Level 8

Stories using 理由

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).