Kanji1 / 5
由 kanji
wherefore, a reason
- JLPT level
- N3 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N4 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 5
- School grade
- Grade 3 (elementary school)
On readings
ユユウユイ
Kun readings
よしよる
Words with 由
LevelWord & meaningActions
- N3経由Populargoing through; going via; going by way of
- —由来Popularorigin; source; history; derivation; originally; from the start; by nature
- —因由cause
- —原由reason; cause
- —由縁acquaintance; relation; affinity; reason
- —来由origin; cause
- —縁由connection; relationship; origin; reason; cause; motive (e.g. for an act)
- —由来書history (of something); memoir
- —那由他an extremely great number (often said to be 100 million); 10^60 (or 10^72)
- —経由地transit point; transit airport; connection airport
- —由々しいgrave; serious; alarming
- —由々しきgrave; serious; alarming
- —天然由来naturally derived; naturally occurring
- —経由銀行intermediary bank; correspondent bank
- —動物由来感染症anthropozoonosis (diseases transmitted to humans by animals)
- —那由多an extremely great number (often said to be 100 million); 10^60 (or 10^72)
- —由来書きhistory (of something); memoir
- —由由しいgrave; serious; alarming
- —由由しきgrave; serious; alarming