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Mythic Mandarin

由 (yóu): meaning and stroke order

由 (yóu) means to follow, from, because of; due to, by; via; through.

由

Simplified
由
Traditional
由 (same form)
Pinyin
yóu

Stroke order of 由

由

  • yóu to follow; from
  • 5 strokes

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 由

  1. yóu
    • to follow
    • from
    • because of; due to
    • by; via; through
    • (before a noun and a verb) it is for ... to ...

Radical and structure

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.

Words with 由

由 in our stories

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  • 他对龙王说：“一人做事一人当。与其让全城的人替我受罚，不如由我自己来承担。”

    tā duì Lóngwáng shuō yì rén zuò shì yì rén dāng yǔqí ràng quánchéng de rén tì wǒ shòufá bùrú yóu wǒ zìjǐ lái chéngdān

    He said to the Dragon King: "I alone answer for what I have done. Rather than let the whole city be punished for me, I will bear it myself."

    From the story Nezha stirs up the sea HSK 7–9 · Level 8

  • 丹增看着岳峰，没有说话。他知道，这个决定只能由客户自己来做。

    Dānzēng kànzhe Yuè Fēng méiyǒu shuōhuà tā zhīdao zhè gè juédìng zhǐ néng yóu kèhù zìjǐ lái zuò

    Tenzing looked at Yue Feng without speaking. He knew this decision could only be made by the client himself.

    From the story Two hundred metres from the summit HSK 7–9 · Level 9

Stories using 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).