Zi:由

由 [yóu] from; 由​于 due to; ​理由 cause/reason; ​自由 freedom; (HDZ:) … [yāo] “​冶由”, ​女​子​笑​貌

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The Shuōwén Seal form of 由 yóu ‘follow; cause/reason’ is sometimes seen as a variant of ​繇(​䌛); cf. ​繇/​蘨(​𧄎) yáo, ​㽕 yóu.
    Compare: ​㽕 yóu ‘suckering (shoots from a tree stump)’ (由​枿), formerly wr. 由, and later also ​𣔴/​𣓐.
    Note: An entry for 由 does not occur in received SW texts, but it is a component in many SW characters, and occurs in received versions of important classics; DYC added it to his SW edition (as a variant of ​繇), guessing that the form is a modification of ​田 tián ‘field’ (in which the vertical line depicts an access road; cf. ​迪: ​道).
    Old graphs associated with 由 include: ​卣(​𠧪) yǒu ‘vessel/ewer’; ​逌(​𠧷​𠧴​𠧠) yōu/yóu (​攸).
    “[由] 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 [ cf. ​果, ​㽕, ​甲 ]
    Compare: ​甹 pīng, ​梬 yǐng ‘persimmon’ (​柿​子).
    Compare: ​柚(​櫾​𣟾) yòu ‘pomelo/grapefruit’ (Citrus maxima/grandis).
    Compare: ​甶 fú ‘demon head’ (​鬼​𤱫​𤰣), ​囟(​𦥓) xìn ‘fontanelle’, ​甲 jiǎ ‘helmet’, ​亩/​畝(​畞) mǔ ‘acre’.
    Compare: ​繇(​䌛) yáo/yóu, the root phonetic of which is ​肉(​𠕎) ròu ‘flesh’.
    Compounds (SW): ​苖, ​迪, ​㣙, ​䛆, ​胄, ​笛, ​甹, ​柚, ​邮, ​㽕, ​宙, ​冑, ​𩊄, ​袖, ​舳, ​岫, ​𥥉, ​鼬, ​怞, ​油, ​抽, ​妯, ​紬, ​軸.
    Note: The stroke order of 由 yóu is just like ​田 tián (its Kāngxī radical).
    HDZ: 由 : yóu : ​原​因, ​缘由; ​因​缘, ​机​缘; ​法​式; ​凭​据; ​经由, ​经​历; ​蹈​行, ​践​履; ​遵​从, ​遵​照; ​用; ​辅​助; ​为, ​从​事; ​欲, ​想​要; ​归​属; (​介​词) (​自, ​从; ​因​为, 由​于; ​於); ​㽕: ​树​木​生​新​枝 (cf. ​𣔴/​𣓐; ​條/​柚); ​猶 (​如​同, ​好​象; ​尚​且); ​猷: ​图​谋, ​谋​划; ​繇 (zhòu) ​占​辞; ​迪 (dí): ​道, ​道​路; (​姓) • yāo : “​冶由”, ​女​子​笑​貌
►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: ​田​丨​日​冂
►Cantonese: yauh\
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Unicode: U+7531
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