由

yóu

cause, reason; from

How to write 由, stroke by stroke

to follow; from; because of; due to; by; via; through; (before a noun and a verb) it is for ... to ...

Ideographic: Road 丨 leading to the farm 田

Made of 田

自由zì yóufreedom; liberty; free; unrestricted
理由lǐ yóureason; grounds; justification
由于yóu yúdue to; as a result of; thanks to; owing to; since; because
任由rèn yóuto let (sb do sth); to allow; regardless of
由此yóu cǐhereby; from this
藉由jiè yóuby means of; through; by
经由jīng yóuvia
缘由yuán yóureason; cause
交由jiāo yóuto hand over (responsibility for sth) to (sb); to leave it to (sb else to take charge of the next stage of a process)
不由bù yóucan't help (doing sth)
由衷yóu zhōngheartfelt; sincere; unfeigned
自由派zì yóu pàiliberal

自由的本质就是数学。
zì yóu de běn zhì jiù shì shù xué 。
The essence of liberty is mathematics.
你有充分的理由生气。
nǐ yǒu chōng fèn de lǐ yóu shēng qì 。
You have good reason to be angry.
我们去不去那儿由你来决定。
wǒ men qù bu qù nà ér yóu nǐ lái jué dìng 。
It is up to you to decide whether we will go there or not.
她读了信，由此得知他的死讯。
tā dú le xìn ， yóu cǐ dé zhī tā de sǐ xùn 。
She read the letter, and so she came to learn that he was dead.
公司由于缺乏资本倒闭了。
gōng sī yóu yú quē fá zī běn dǎo bì le 。
The firm went under due to lack of capital.