The Chinese Radical: 由


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Meaning
reason, cause    由

Explanation First, the root shoot bursts its shell (cf. armor, shield ). And this gives the sprout on the field its reason .

Used in these characters:
JLPT HSK 3
mail, postal, post (office)
yóu
Left: reason, cause (The sprout/seedling in the field has its reason.), right: village
The reason is (in the distance to the) village, why we send it by mail.
JLPT HSK 4
oil, fat, grease
yóu
Left: water , right: reason (The sprout/seedling in the field has its reason)
Water is with reason no oil.
JLPT HSK 4
to pull out, draw out, to remove part of the whole
chōu
Left: hand , right: reason (The sprout/seedling in the field has its reason.)
The hand takes the sprout/seedling from the field to pull it out.
JLPT HSK 4
reason, cause, to follow, due to
yóu
A rice field with a sprouting plant
The sprout/seedling in the field has its: reason.
JLPT HSK 4
employment, hiring
pìn
Left: ear , right: 甹 (reason = The seedling/sprout in the field has its reason.), winding seeweed [here: number 5])
The ear has heard that there is a reason for the five: employments.
JLPT HSK 5
to become due, period, session, scheduled event
jiè
Left: buttock seen from the side , right: cause/reason (The seedling/sprout in the field has its reason.)
This buttock is the cause of the session that became due.
JLPT HSK 6
bending, bent, crooked, wrong, melody, tune
qū, qǔ
Shows a field with two growing plants II.
The plants in the field are bending according to a melody. (Or: Two flutes 笛 play a melody.)
JLPT HSK 6
temple, ancestral shrine, temple fair
miào
广
Left: building 广, right: reason (The seedling/sprout in the field has its reason.)
The building where you go to with a real reason is: the temple.
JLPT HSK 6
sleeve, to tuck inside one's sleeve
xiù
Left: clothes/cloth 衤/, right: reason (The seedling /sprout in the field has its reason)
If the cloth has something "sprouting" out (like a seedling ), it is: the sleeve.
JLPT HSK 6
universe, cosmos
zhòu
Top: roof , below: reason/cause (Here: a rocketstarting from a rice field )
Towards 'the roof' the rocket is starting from the field into the universe.
JLPT no HSK
axis, axle, pivot, rotational bearing
zhóu, zhòu
Left: vehicle (車= cart with axle load-area wheels ), right: reason (The sprout/seedling in the field has its reason.), Here: axis in a bearing
A vehicle with axis and pivot.
JLPT no HSK
glaze (of porcelain)
yòu
Left: (emphasis and rice ), right: reason (The seedling/sprout in the field has its reason) (here: as waterless oil 油)
Using emphasized rice and waterless oil, you make a glaze.
JLPT no HSK
to inspire, give guidance, enlighten, instruct

Left: movement , right: reason (The sprout in the field has its reason.)
(Movements without a reason is a meaningless fooling-around. - But:) A movement with a reason, can inspire you.
JLPT no HSK
uranium (chemistry, U)
yóu
Left: metal 钅/, right: cause, reason (The seedling/sprout in the field has its reason.)
The metal that breaks like a sprout out of its husk is: uranium.
JLPT no HSK
flute

Top: bamboo , below: reason (.. for the field with a sprouting plant), here: as a flute | with hands E ヨ at the sides.
Bamboo is used for this flute.

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