由 – Kanji details

Keyword

reason

Info

Frequency	Top 200-300
Type	Kyōiku (3rd grade) ?
Kanken	Level 8
Heisig	1186
Readings	ゆう (56%) け (38%) ゆ (3%)
	よしゆいよ

Mnemonic components

丨

stick

田

rice field

Mnemonic

I wonder, what is the reason why someone would put a single stick in the middle of a rice field? Maybe they're building a scarecrow...?

Used in kanji (30 in total)

drawing

delivery

thin in volume

spread out

midair

yellow

oil

specialty

favored

tie up

sleeve

flute

take out

citron

axis

???

pongee

sign of the tiger

weasel

prow

summons

glaze

wide [old]

in the mountains

bloodline

flute reed

millipede

school

road to enlightenment

Used in vocabulary (223 in total)

理り由ゆう

reason; grounds; pretext; excuse; motive

自じ由ゆう

freedom; liberty

不ふ自じ由ゆう

discomfort; inconvenience; poverty; want; inability; disability

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Examples (200 in total)

その理り由ゆうが、わからない。

I don't understand the reason for that.

他ほかの理り由ゆうはない。

There are no other reasons.

それ以い外がいの理り由ゆうって、ないんですか？

Are there no reasons other than that?

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