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繇
yóu
1. cause
2. means
✏️ 17 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

繇
yáo
cause, means, reason
17 丶

Compound Words (2)

张僧繇
ZhāngSēngyóu
Zhang Sengyou (active c. 490-540), one of the Four Great Painters of the Six dynasties [[六朝四大家]]
自繇自在
zìyóuzìzai
free and easy (idiom); carefree

Alternate Entries

繇
yáo
folk-song / forced labor
繇
zhòu
interpretations of the trigrams

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