# 由 U+7531 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7531

A Chinese character meaning “cause, reason; from”, read yóu in Mandarin.

| | |
|---|---|
| Character | `由` |
| Codepoint | U+7531 |
| Name | CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7531 |
| Block | [CJK Unified Ideographs](https://unicodekit.com/block/cjk-unified-ideographs) |
| Script | Han |
| Category | Other Letter (Lo) |
| Unicode version | 1.1 |
| HTML | `由` `由` |
| CSS | `\7531` |
| JavaScript | `\u7531` |
| UTF-8 | E7 94 B1 |
| UTF-16 | 7531 |
| Definition | cause, reason; from |
| Mandarin | yóu |
| Cantonese | jau4 |
| Japanese | YUU YU YUI YOSHI YORU YORI |
| Korean | YU |

## Related characters

- 田 [U+7530 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7530](https://unicodekit.com/char/7530)
- 甲 [U+7532 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7532](https://unicodekit.com/char/7532)
- 甯 [U+752F CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-752F](https://unicodekit.com/char/752F)
- 申 [U+7533 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7533](https://unicodekit.com/char/7533)
- 甮 [U+752E CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-752E](https://unicodekit.com/char/752E)
- 甴 [U+7534 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7534](https://unicodekit.com/char/7534)
- 甭 [U+752D CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-752D](https://unicodekit.com/char/752D)
- 电 [U+7535 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7535](https://unicodekit.com/char/7535)
- 甬 [U+752C CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-752C](https://unicodekit.com/char/752C)
- 甶 [U+7536 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7536](https://unicodekit.com/char/7536)
- 甫 [U+752B CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-752B](https://unicodekit.com/char/752B)
- 男 [U+7537 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7537](https://unicodekit.com/char/7537)

Page: https://unicodekit.com/char/7531 · JSON: https://unicodekit.com/characters/7531