U+7531 "由" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
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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
Name
CJK Unified Ideograph-#
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
Numeric Value
NaN
Script Extensions
Han
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
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
42524.020
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