The Chinese Radical: 由




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Meaning
reason, cause    由

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

Used in these characters:
HSK 3
mail, postal, post (office)
yóu
Left: reason, cause 由 (The sprout/seedling 丨 in the field 田 has its reason.), right: village⻏
The reason is (in the distance to the) village, why we send it by mail.  
HSK 4
oil, fat, grease
yóu
Left: water 氵, right: reason 由 (The sprout/seedling 丨 in the field 田 has its reason)
Water is with reason no oil.  
HSK 4
to pull out, draw out, to remove part of the whole
chōu
Left: hand 扌, right: reason 由 (The sprout/seedling 丨 in the field 田 has its reason.)
The hand takes the sprout/seedling 丨 from the field to pull it out.  
HSK 4
reason, cause, to follow, due to
yóu
A rice field 田 with a sprouting plant 丨
The sprout/seedling in the field has its: reason.  
HSK 4
employment, hiring
pìn
Left: ear 耳, right: 甹 (reason 由 = The seedling/sprout 丨 in the field 田 has its reason.), winding seaweed 丂 [here: number 5])
The ear has heard that there is a reason for the five: employments.  
HSK 5
to become due, period, session, scheduled event
jiè
Left: buttock seen from the side 尸, right: cause/reason 由 (The seedling/sprout 丨 in the field 田 has its reason.)
This buttock is the cause of the session that became due.  
HSK 6
bending, bent, crooked, wrong, melody, tune
qū, qǔ
Shows a field 田 with two growing plants II.
The plants in the field are bending according to a melody. (Or: Two flutes 笛 play a melody.)  
HSK 6
temple, ancestral shrine, temple fair
miào
广
Left: building 广, right: reason 由 (The seedling/sprout 丨 in the field 田 has its reason.)
The building where you go to with a real reason is: the temple.  
HSK 6
sleeve, to tuck inside one's sleeve
xiù
Left: clothes/cloth 衤/衣, right: reason 由 (The seedling /sprout 丨 in the field 田 has its reason)
If the cloth has something "sprouting" out (like a seedling 丨), it is: the sleeve.  
HSK 6
universe, cosmos
zhòu
Top: roof 宀, below: reason/cause 由 (Here: a rocket丨starting from a rice field 田)
Towards 'the roof' the rocket is starting from the field into the universe.  
no HSK
axis, axle, pivot, rotational bearing
zhóu, zhòu
Left: vehicle 车 (車= cart with axle丨 load-area 日 wheels 二), right: reason 由 (The sprout/seedling 丨 in the field 田 has its reason.), Here: axis 丨 in a bearing 臼
A vehicle with axis and pivot.  
no HSK
glaze (of porcelain)
yòu
Left: 釆 (emphasis ノ and rice 米), right: reason 由 (The seedling/sprout 丨 in the field 田 has its reason) (here: 由 as waterless oil 油)
Using emphasized rice and waterless oil, you make a glaze.  
no HSK
to inspire, give guidance, enlighten, instruct

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

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

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