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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 由

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
由 yóu - to follow
- from
- because of; due to
- by; via; through
- (before a noun and a verb) it is for ... to ...

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
4 3 573 134 630

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

田

Radical:

田

Type:

Ideographic

Hint:

Road 丨 leading to the farm 田

Other Words Containing 由

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
由 4 3 573 134 630
自由 5 2 810 1,327 1,112
理由 5 3 875 1,688 1,148
由于 4 3 1,769 197 1,871
由此 - 5 10,685 3,093 9,093
任由 - - 13,403 54,866 81,785
由衷 - 8 15,013 14,758 13,589
缘由 - - 15,228 21,832 21,788
不由自主 - 8 15,376 13,161 12,311
自由自在 - 8 15,566 23,391 13,285
身不由己 - 8 17,478 27,832 16,158
自由主义 - - 17,760 25,211 34,493
听天由命 - - 19,269 44,390 27,702
经由 - - 20,216 19,986 33,032
咎由自取 - - 21,694 58,773 36,128
不由 - - 22,078 5,436 11,639
路由器 - - 22,579 17,707 14,234
由来 - 9 23,151 22,376 18,163
自由党 - - 26,121 44,133 95,644
自由式 - - 28,708 41,144 67,251
言不由衷 - - 29,259 55,434 35,261
来由 - - 30,035 46,713 44,481
自由泳 - - 30,784 23,121 38,693
不由得 6 9 33,853 9,068 19,622
自由体操 - - 33,997 46,513 -
自由市场 - - 37,322 37,981 45,633
交由 - - 41,698 - -
事由 - - 43,744 32,971 50,709
原由 - - 46,984 37,602 46,922
自由民主党 - - 48,928 - -
自由王国 - - 55,881 - -
无由 - - 56,948 70,572 57,185
由此可见 - 9 59,384 9,398 25,747
自由度 - - 61,944 28,790 41,584
必由之路 - - 64,184 27,057 59,395
案由 - - 65,867 47,002 86,951
由此看来 - 9 78,230 26,765 54,533
自由港 - - 78,788 50,346 56,250
自由放任 - - 94,952 86,155 100,059