Chinese Character 由 Meanings and components.

Form

由

Meaning

由 meaning^[3] in English

To Follow.

From.

Because Of.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi^[2] character 由 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are to speak (曰) , and radical in Chinese … (丨)

Its radical^[1] is: 田 (tian2) which means: Surname Tian, .田tian2surname Tian

In cangjie it is written with LW

How to write 由

To write由you2to follow you should write a combination of 曰yue1to speak , 丨gun3radical in … arranged in a + shape:

曰 + 丨 = 由

由 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 由 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 由, looks as follow:

由

Pinyin:you2 Shape:+

Meaning^[3]: To Follow . From . Because Of . Due To . By . Via . Through . (Before A Noun And A Verb) It Is For ... To ...

曰

Pinyin:yue1

Meaning^[3]: To Speak . To Say

丨

Pinyin:gun3

Meaning^[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 2)

Notes

[1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical
[2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter
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