Zi:由
由 [yóu] from; (由于) due to; (理由) cause, reason; 自由 freedom [yāo] “冶由”, 女子笑貌
One monosyllabic entry in The ABC Chinese-English Comprehensive Dictionary (namespace Ci):
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“It represents the germination of a fruit-stone, or a large grain; 田 represents the grain, on the top of which the germ is coming up; 于果中上出者芽。象形, 指事。By extension, beginning, principle, origin, starting point, cause, to produce, etc.” —Wieger.
The stroke order is just like 田 tián.
►references: Guǎngyùn:204.29; Wieger:151a; Karlgren:AD253,GSR1079a; Hànyǔ Dà Zìdiǎn:4.2524.2; Mathews:7513; Kāngxī Zìdiǎn:757.01; Bǐshùn Guīfàn:015.0.05; Wáng(1993):114; EDOC:1
►components: 冂
►Cantonese: yauh\
<cdl char='由' uni='7531' points='8,0 120,120' radical='Q K2 D1'>
<comp char='冂' uni='5182' variant='5' points='0,46 128,128' />
<stroke type='h' points='0,84 128,84' head='cut' tail='cut' />
<stroke type='s' points='64,0 64,128' tail='cut' />
<stroke type='h' points='0,128 128,128' head='cut' tail='cut' />
</cdl>
<cdl char='冂' uni='5182' variant='5' points='4,4 124,128'>
<stroke type='s' points='0,0 0,128' tail='long' />
<stroke type='hz' points='0,0 128,0 128,128' head='cut' tail='long' />
<!-- variant based on [U+EF7E](V=0) -->
</cdl>
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