由
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TranslingualEdit
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Han characterEdit
由 (Kangxi radical 102, 田+0, 5 strokes, cangjie input 中田 (LW), four-corner 50600, composition ⿻日丨 or ⿻囗十)
Derived charactersEdit
- 㐕 𠃦 𤰔 㕀 㽕 伷 甹 𠔍 𫔼 㣙 㹨 妯 宙 届 岫 峀 庙 迪 廸 怞 抽 油 畁 邮 𠰬 𠱋 𡊡 𡘊 𡛽 𡱋 𢂎 𢍁 𩧨 𭘋 𭘌 峀 冑 柚 牰 胄 轴 迪 𠔔 𤤧 𤰰 𤱁 𤱉 𫆚 𬏁 㾄 䄂 秞 铀 𤱤 𤽙 𥑤 𥥉 𧙏 𬔈 䌷 笛 粙 紬 舳 苖 蚰 袖 𤉓 𤉕 𦥪 𧆭 𬱖 䛆 䜬 軸 釉 𧲹 𧻉 鈾 鲉 𢆟 𤳄 𤲣 𫔞 𢆟 䩜 頔 𩊄 𬰹 駎 𠟳 𤰋 𤳃 𪳫 𪽝 𫘼 𬏌 𮏬 鮋 𡳧 𤳐 𩿬 𬏕 鼬 𤳨 𫠘 𤳷 𤳸 𧈕 寅 黄 黃 㑹 褏
DescendantsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- KangXi: page 757, character 1
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 21724
- Dae Jaweon: page 1167, character 2
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2524, character 2
- Unihan data for U+7531
ChineseEdit
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| alternative forms | 繇 | |
Glyph originEdit
| Historical forms of the character 由 |
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| 袖 | *ljɯwɢs |
| 岫 | *ljɯwɢs |
| 牰 | *ljɯwɢs, *lɯwɢs |
| 抽 | *l̥ʰɯw |
| 妯 | *l̥ʰɯw, *l'ɯwɢ |
| 紬 | *l'ɯw |
| 怞 | *l'ɯw |
| 鮋 | *l'ɯw, *ɦljɯw, *lɯw |
| 菗 | *rlɯw |
| 宙 | *l'ɯwɢs |
| 胄 | *l'ɯwɢs |
| 冑 | *l'ɯwɢs |
| 伷 | *l'ɯwɢs |
| 駎 | *l'ɯwɢs |
| 油 | *lɯw, *lɯwɢs |
| 由 | *lɯw |
| 蚰 | *lɯw |
| 秞 | *lɯw |
| 邮 | *lɯw |
| 釉 | *lɯwɢs |
| 柚 | *lɯwɢs, *l'ɯwɢ |
| 鼬 | *lɯwɢs |
| 苖 | *l'ɯːwɢ, *l̥ʰɯwɢ |
| 笛 | *l'ɯːwɢ |
| 迪 | *l'ɯːwɢ |
| 頔 | *l'ɯːwɢ |
| 軸 | *l'ɯwɢ |
| 舳 | *l'ɯwɢ |
Pictogram (象形) – a container or helmet.
If a helmet, may have been the same as or original character of 冑.
Etymology 1Edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Related to 遊?”)
PronunciationEdit
DefinitionsEdit
由
- cause; reason
- from
- by; through; via
- (done) by
- because of; due to
- by means of
- to pass through
- 必由之路 ― bìyóuzhīlù ― the path that must be taken
- to follow; to let one determine
CompoundsEdit
Derived terms from 由
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Etymology 2Edit
| For pronunciation and definitions of 由 – see 甴. (This character, 由, is a variant form of 甴.) |
ReferencesEdit
- “由”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
JapaneseEdit
KanjiEdit
由
ReadingsEdit
- Go-on: ゆ (yu, Jōyō)
- Kan-on: ゆう (yū, Jōyō)←いう (iu, historical)
- Kan’yō-on: ゆい (yui, Jōyō †)
- Kun: よし (yoshi, 由, Jōyō); よる (yoru, 由る); より (yori, 由り); なお (nao, 由)
CompoundsEdit
KoreanEdit
HanjaEdit
OkinawanEdit
KanjiEdit
由
ReadingsEdit
CompoundsEdit
- 自由 (jiyū)
VietnameseEdit
Han characterEdit
由: Hán Nôm readings: do, dô, ro, yêu, sân
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