U+7531 "由" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
由
U+7531 "由" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily conveys the meanings of "from," "by," "through," or "reason," and it functions as a common element in compound words and phrases. In its traditional form, the character is pictographic in origin, representing a seed sprouting from the ground, which metaphorically extends to concepts of origin or source. It appears frequently in classical and modern Chinese texts, such as in the word "理由" meaning "reason" and "自由" meaning "freedom," and it also serves as a radical or component in other characters, contributing to their semantic fields related to causation or passage.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+7531 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| Block | CJK Unified Ideographs |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 由 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 由 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE7 0x94 0xB1 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x7531 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00007531 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u7531 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | A5D1 |
| kCCCII | 214C26 |
| kCNS1986 | 1-4671 |
| kCNS1992 | 1-4671 |
| kCangjie | LW |
| kCantonese | jau4 |
| kCihaiT | 910.201 |
| kCowles | 5148 |
| kDaeJaweon | 1167.020 |
| kDefinition | cause, reason; from |
| kEACC | 214C26 |
| kFanqie | 以周 |
| kFenn | 818B |
| kFennIndex | 636.06 |
| kFourCornerCode | 5060.0 |
| kGB0 | 5141 |
| kGB1 | 5141 |
| kGradeLevel | 2 |
| kGSR | 1079a |
| kHangul | 유:0E |
| kHanYu | 42524.020 |
| kHanyuPinlu | yóu(1623) |
| kHanyuPinyin | 42524.020:yóu,yāo |
| kHKGlyph | 2613 |
| kIICore | AGTJHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 1167.020 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 42524.020 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0757.010 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-5349 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-A5D1 |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-4D33 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-FBCE |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-6B26 |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-4671 |
| kIRG_VSource | V1-5F4B |
| kJapanese | ユ ユウ ユイ ヨウ よし より よる |
| kJoyoKanji | 2010 |
| kKoreanEducationHanja | 2007 |
| kTGH | 2013:245 |
| kJapaneseKun | YOSHI YORU YORI |
| kJapaneseOn | YUU YU YUI |
| kJis0 | 4519 |
| kKangXi | 0757.010 |
| kKarlgren | 253 |
| kKorean | YU |
| kLau | 3351 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 3945 |
| kMandarin | yóu |
| kMatthews | 7513 |
| kMeyerWempe | 3847 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ017637 |
| kMorohashi | 21724 |
| kNelson | 0089 |
| kPhonetic | 1512 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+3869+102.5.0 |
| kRSUnicode | 102.0 |
| kSBGY | 204.29 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 438.02 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | yóu粵jau4 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 3945 |
| kTang | *iou |
| kTGHZ2013 | 443.040:yóu |
| kTotalStrokes | 5 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJKMPT |
| kVietnamese | do |
| kXerox | 241:357 |
| kXHC1983 | 1397.110:yóu |