由

wherefore, a reason

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

ユユイユウ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

よ.るよし

Stroke Order

5 / 5

Information

Grade:3

Strokes:5

JLPT:N3

Frequency:325

Vocabulary

ユ

Word	Reading	Meaning
経由	ケイユ	going through; going via; going by way of
由来	ユライ	origin; source; history; derivation; originally; from the start; by nature
因由	インユ	cause
原由	ゲンユ	reason; cause
由縁	ユエン	acquaintance; relation; affinity; reason

Other

Word	Reading	Meaning
由る	よる	to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from; to be based at (a location, an organization); to be headquartered at
経由	けいゆう	going through; going via; going by way of
自由	じゆう	freedom; liberty
自由化	じゆうか	liberalization; liberalisation; freeing
不自由	ふじゆう	discomfort; inconvenience; poverty; want; destitution; lack; inability; disability; impairment (physical, mental, etc.); nonfluency (in a language)

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These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes

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town, village, block, street

brush-stroke, picture

seedling, sapling, shoot