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由
yóu
1. to follow
2. from
3. it is for...to
4. reason
5. cause
6. because of
7. due to
8. to
9. to leave it (to sb)
10. by (introduces passive verb)
HSK 4 Very Common • Top 1% ✏️ 5 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

由
yóu
cause, reason; from
HSK 4 5 丶

Compound Words (20)

事由
shìyóu
main content
藉由
jièyóu
by means of
任由
rènyóu
to let (sb do sth)
来由
láiyóu
reason
即由
jíyóu
namely
原由
yuányóu
variant of [[緣由|缘由<yuányóu>]]
因由
yīnyóu
reason
不由
bùyóu
can't help (doing sth)
摘由
zhāiyóu
high points (of a document)
根由
gēnyóu
the whys and the wherefores
案由
ànyóu
main points of a case
无由
wúyóu
to be unable (to do sth)
理由
lǐyóu
reason
HSK 5
由来
yóulái
origin
由径
yóujìng
to follow a narrow path
由于
yóuyú
due to
HSK 4
由旬
yóuxún
yojana (Vedic measure, about 8 miles)
由此
yóucǐ
hereby
由着
yóuzhe
let (one) have his way
由衷
yóuzhōng
heartfelt

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
4
Character Frequency Rank
135
Word Frequency Rank
648 of 84,292

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