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Mythic Mandarin

由于 (yóu yú): meaning and stroke order

由于 (yóu yú) means due to, as a result of, thanks to, owing to, since, because.

由于

Simplified
由于
Traditional
由於
Pinyin
yóu yú

Stroke order of 由于

由

  • yóu to follow; from
  • 5 strokes

Stroke by stroke

于

  • Yú surname Yu
  • yú to go; to take
  • yú (of time or place) in; at; on; (indicating any indirect relation) to; toward; vis-à-vis; with regard to; for
  • 3 strokes
  • Traditional form: 於

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 由于

  1. yóu yú Traditional 由於
    • due to
    • as a result of
    • thanks to
    • owing to
    • since
    • because

Radicals of the characters

由
Radical 田 (Kangxi radical 102) · 5 strokes · built from 日 and 丨
于
Radical 二 (Kangxi radical 7) · 3 strokes · 一 on top, 𬺰 below

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.

Where you learn it

由于 appears in the vocabulary of our HSK 5 learning material. This is a Mythic Mandarin word list, not an official HSK list.

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).