由

Translingual

Han character

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

1. cause, reason
2. from

Descendants

• ゆ
• ユ
• 柚

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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Cantonese

Hanzi

由 (Jyutping jau4, Yale yau4)

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Hakka

Hanzi

由 (POJ yû (yu⁵), Hagfa Pinyim yiu2)

References

• Academia Sinica - Hakka-English Dictionary
• Lau, Chun-fat. Hakka Pinyin Dictionary (Chinese). Hong Kong: The Chinese University Press, 1997 (Chinese IME supplement) ISBN 962-201-750-9.

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Japanese

Kanji

由

(grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

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

Compounds

• 自由 (じゆう, jiyū): freedom
• 自由度 (じゆうど, jiyūdo): flexibility

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Mandarin

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Hanzi

由 (Pinyin yóu (you2), Wade-Giles yu²)

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Middle Chinese

Han character

由 (*iou)

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Min Nan

Hanzi

由 (TLPA iû (iu⁵))

References

• Taiwan Min Nan Common Words Dictionary (臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典)

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Vietnamese

Han character

由 (do, dô, ro, sân)