KanjiDB
Radical Index : : 由

, ユウ, ユイ, よし, よ.る
wherefore, a reason
This kanji has 5 strokes: a single stroke in the "line" radical (ぼう) and 4 other strokes
Sample Compounds (111):
1.

りゆう

reason, pretext, motive
2.

ふじゆう

discomfort, inconvenience, poverty, want, destitution, disability
3.

じゆうか

liberalization, liberalisation, freeing
4.

じゆうしゅぎ

liberalism
5.

けいゆ

go by the way, via
6.

よし

reason, significance, cause
7.

じゆうがた

freestyle (e.g. swimming event)
8.

じゆうけいざい

free economy
9.

ゆいしょ

history, pedigree, lineage
10.

じゆう

reason, cause
11.

ゆらい

origin, source, history, derivation, reason, destiny
12.

じゆう

freedom, liberty, as it pleases you
13.

じゆうしじょう

free market
14.

らいゆ

origin, cause
15.
くまれた
じゆうのはぐくまれたところ

cradle of liberty
16.

じんじゅうきょうつうかんせんしょう

anthropozoonosis (diseases transmitted to humans by animals)
17.
いくつかのから
いくつかのりゆうから

for whatever reason
18.
貿
じゆうぼうえきちいき

free trade zone, free trade area
19.

じゆうしじょうけいざい

free-market economy
20.

じゆうのめがみぞう

Statue of Liberty
21.

なゆた

10^72, (sa: nayuta) any extremely great number
22.
さまざまなから
さまざまなりゆうから

for various reasons
23.

じゆうほんぽう

free and uncontrolled, behaving with abandon, freewheeling
24.

じゆうし

free verse
25.
をつける
りゆうをつける

to give a reason
26.

じゆういしろん

(philosophical) libertarianism
27.
きの
おもてむきのりゆう

ostensible (surface) reason
28.

いほうせいそきゃくじゆう

justifiable cause for noncompliance with the law
29.

じゆうみんけんろん

(early Meiji era) democratic rights ideology
30.

じゆうじかん

free time, time at leisure
31.
ねる
りゆうをたずねる

to ask the reason
32.

じゆうえいぎょう

unrestricted operations
33.

いんゆ

cause
34.

じゆうみんしゅとう

Liberal Democratic Party, LDP
35.

じゆうじざい

freely
36.
ける
りゆうをつける

to give a reason
37.
貿
ぼうえきじゆうか

trade liberalization, trade liberalisation
38.

かいようじゆう

freedom of the sea
39.

じゆうもんだい

(in competitive sports) a free exercise
40.

じゆうが

free drawing
41.

めのふじゆう

blindness, the blind
42.

じゆうれんごう

Jiyuu Rengou, Liberal League (Japanese political party)
43.

じゆうしゅぎけいざい

free economy
44.

じゆうきまま

free, unfettered, according to one''s own whims, doing as one likes
45.

ゆにゅうじゆうか

liberalization of imports, liberalisation of imports
46.

けいゆち

transit point, transit airport, connection airport
47.

じゆうろうどうしゃ

casual laborer (labourer), day laborer (labourer)
48.

じゆうしゅぎこっか

a free nation
49.

じゆうきょうそう

free competition
50.

けっしゃのじゆう

freedom to assemble
51.

じゆうかったつ

free and easy, open and natural, not fastidious
52.

じゆうしゅぎしゃ

liberal
53.

じゆうぎょう

self-employed profession (e.g. actor, artist), liberal profession
54.
々しい
ゆゆしい

grave, serious, alarming
55.

げんゆう

reason, cause
56.

じゆうかったつ

free and easy, open and natural, not fastidious
57.

じゆうかって

free, unfettered, according to one''s own whims, doing as one likes
58.

じゆうけい

punishment by imprisonment or curtailment of liberties
59.
ありげ
よしありげ

meaningful, suggestive, seeming to be with a history, seeming to be with circumstances that are hard to explain
60.

げんろんのじゆう

free speech, freedom of speech
61.

しゅっぱんのじゆう

freedom of the press
62.

じゆうじん

free person, free spirit, son of freedom
63.

じゆうがた

freestyle (e.g. swimming event)
64.
あり
よしありげ

meaningful, suggestive, seeming to be with a history, seeming to be with circumstances that are hard to explain
65.

そうろうよし

I hear that ...
66.

おんなにふじゆう

a guy who never gets the women, nerd
67.

じゆうせかい

Free World
68.

じゆうけいやくせんしゅ

free agent
69.

よる

to be due to, to be caused by, to depend on, to turn on, to be based on, to come from
70.

こうそりゆう

grounds for an appeal
71.
へい
しょうへいりゆうしょ

invitation letter (e.g. document in support of a visa to enter Japan)
72.

じゆうせき

unreserved seat
73.

ゆえん

acquaintance, relation, affinity, reason
74.
のような
ひだりのようなりゆう

the reason(s) is (are) as follows
75.

しょうへいりゆうしょ

invitation letter (e.g. document in support of a visa to enter Japan)
76.

じゆうせんし

freedom fighter
77.

しじょうじゆうか

market liberalization, market liberalisation, opening up of a market
78.

しんきょうのじゆう

religious liberty
79.

じゆうとし

free city (of Germany), commune (of medieval Europe)
80.

じゆうけっこん

freedom to choose one''s marriage partner, parental wishes notwithstanding
81.

よしなき

meaningless, senseless, absurd
82.

しそうのじゆう

freedom of thought
83.

しんじゆうしゅぎ

neoliberalism
84.

じゆうど

degree of freedom
85.

じゆうけん

civil liberties
86.

よしなしごと

trivial thing, nonsense
87.

したいふじゆうじ

handicapped child
88.

せいのじゆう

sexual freedom
89.

じゆうとう

Liberal Party
90.

じゆうこう

a free port
91.

よしある

of rank, of noble birth
92.

せいじじゆうか

political liberalization, political liberalisation
93.

じゆうほうだい

as freely as one pleases, at will, to one'' heart''s content
94.

じゆうさいりょう

latitude, (at one''s) discretion, discretionary powers, a free hand
95.
しい
ゆゆしい

grave, serious, alarming
96.

みみのふじゆう

deafness, the deaf
97.

ぜんきんてきじゆう

asymptotic freedom (physics)
98.

じゆうほうにん

laissez-faire, non-intervention
99.

じゆうさいりょうけん

discretionary power
100.

そんざいりゆう

reason for being, raison d''etre
101.
貿
じゆうぼうえき

free trade
102.

じゆうざい

free goods
103.
ねる
ゆらいをたずねる

to inquire into the origin
104.
なるきゃく
じゆうなるろんきゃく

freelance journalist
105.
もない
しるよしもない

to have no way of knowing, to be completely ignorant of
106.
貿
じゆうぼうえききょうてい

Free Trade Agreement, FTA
107.

じゆうざんまい

free, unfettered, according to one''s own whims, doing as one likes
108.

ゆらいしょ

history, memoirs
109.

じゆうに

freely
110.
かりし
おそかりしゆらのすけ

to let a chance to do something slip through one''s fingers
111.
貿
じゆうぼうえきたいいき

free trade zone, free trade area

Kuten Code: 4519
EUC Code: cdb3
Shift-JIS Code: 9752
JIS Code: 4d33
Unicode: 7531
Radical Index: 2
Classic Index: 102
Frequency Rank: 325
Jouyou Grade: 3
DeRoo Code: 1676
Four Corner code: 5060.0
"New Japanese-English Character Dictionary" Index: 3499
"Modern Reader's Japanese-English Character Dictionary" Index: 89
"New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary" Index: 3724
"The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power" Index: 134
"Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide" Index: 1333
"A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd Edition" Index: 421
"Kanji in Context" Index: 623
"Kanji Learners Dictionary" Index: 2181
"Essential Kanji" Index: 297
"A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese" Index: 325
"Tuttle Kanji Cards" Index: 261
"The Kanji Dictionary" Index Code: 0a5.35
"Kanji & Kana 2nd Edition" Index: 363
Morohashi Index: 21724
Morohashi Volume.Page: 7.1066
Gakken Index: 399
"Remembering The Kanji" Index: 376
"Japanese Names" Index: 1105
Korean Reading: yu
Pinyin: you2

Radical Index : : 由

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