The original meaning of 由 is a small pathway leading to the fields. 由serves as a phonetic component to form characters.
From its original meaning, more meanings of 由 were derived:
1. cause
2. because
3. by or through
4. to follow the wishes of
5. to allow or entrust someone to do
6. from
Characters formed by the phonetic component 由
鼬 釉 柚 牰 yòu
宙 胄 伷 粙 zhòu
怞 菗 怞 chóu
油 邮 鲉 铀 秞 蚰 yóu
轴 妯 zhóu
袖 岫 峀 xiù
迪 笛 頔 廸 苖 dí
抽 䌷 chōu
届 庙 曺 甹 畁 舳 jiè miào cáo pīng qí zhú
Common words and set phrases of 由
- 自由
- 由衷
- 由来
- 由于
- 缘由
- 由旬
- 理由
- 巢由
- 原由
- 许由
- 不由自主
- 不由分说
- 不由得
- 自由自在
- 咎由自取
- 言不由衷
- 居仁由义
- 祝由科
- 身不由己
- 信马由