由
HSK 3freq #353
Meanings
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- 1.to follow
- 2.from
- 3.because of; due to
- 4.by; via; through
- 5.(before a noun and a verb) it is for ... to ...
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Wiktionary
- 1.cause; reason
- 2.from
- 3.by; through; via
- 4.by
- 5.because of; due to
- 6.by means of
- 7.to pass through
- 8.to follow; to let one determine
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Etymology
Pictogram (象形) – pictogram of new shoots or leaves growing from 木 (mù); possibly the original graph of 㽕 (yóu), with its upper part later extracted as 由 (yóu). Alternatively interpreted as the upper part of the oracle-bone form of 柚 (yòu) (“pomelo”), depicting the fruit itself.
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Stroke order
Components
Components from cjk-decomp · MIT
Example sentences
由我来做.
I'll see to it.
由你來決定。
It's up to you to decide.
燈由紅變綠。
The light changed from red to green.
由你來決定。
It's up to you.
由你來決定。
It is up to you.
這由你來決定。
It's for you to decide.
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Derived terms
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