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Contents 1 Translingual 1.1 Han character 1.1.1 Descendants 1.1.2 References 2 Cantonese 2.1 Hanzi 3 Japanese 3.1 Kanji 3.1.1 Readings 3.1.2 Derived terms 4 Korean 4.1 Hanja 5 Mandarin 5.1 Hanzi 6 Vietnamese 6.1 Han character

[edit] Translingual

[edit] Han character

由 (radical 102 田+0, 5 strokes, cangjie input 中田 (LW), four-corner 5060₀)

1. cause, reason
2. from

[edit] Descendants

• ゆ
• ユ

[edit] References

• KangXi: page 757, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 21724
• Dae Jaweon: page 1167, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2524, character 2
• Unihan data for U+7531

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[edit] Cantonese

[edit] Hanzi

由 (Yale yau4)

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[edit] Japanese

[edit] Kanji

由 (grade 3 kanji)

[edit] Readings

• On: ゆう (yū), ゆ (yu), ゆい (yui)
• Kun: よし (yoshi), よる (yoru), より (yori)

[edit] Derived terms

• 自由 (じゆう, jiyū): freedom
• 自由な (じゆうな, jiyūna): (adjective) free
• 自由度 (じゆうど, jiyūdo): flexibility

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[edit] Korean

[edit] Hanja

由 (hangeul 유, revised yu, McCune-Reischauer yu, Yale yu)

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[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Hanzi

由 (pinyin yóu (you2), Wade-Giles yu²)

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[edit] Vietnamese

[edit] Han character

由 (do, dô, ro)