The 由 family
由 · yóu · ㄧㄡˊ — to follow
Know 由 and the readings of 5 more characters follow: 油、抽、宙、軸、袖. In traditional Chinese, most characters carry a sound component — a phonetic — and learning the phonetic once lights up its whole family. This page is that family, drawn live from the map.
The characters
One sound, many meanings: the 部首 beside each character is the other half of the pair, the part that tells them apart.
- 油yóu · ㄧㄡˊ部首 氵 三點水 · wateroil; fat85%
- 抽chōu · ㄔㄡ部首 扌 提手旁 · handto draw out; to pull out from in between; to remove part of the whole55%
- 宙zhòu · ㄓㄡˋ部首 宀 寶蓋頭 · "roof" radical (Kangxi radical 40), occurring in 家, 定, 安 etc, referred to as 寶蓋|宝盖eternity; (geology) eon55%
- 軸zhóu · ㄓㄡˊ部首 車 · caraxis; axle55%
- 袖xiù · ㄒㄧㄡˋ部首 衤 衣字旁 · clothessleeve; to tuck inside one's sleeve64%
The percentage is our computed confidence that 由 really signals that character’s sound — scored from how closely the readings agree and how reliably 由 predicts the sound of every character built on it. Mean for this family: 63%.
Words this family builds
- 自由
- 加油
- 理由
- 宇宙
- 時間軸
- 抽煙
- 領袖
- 奶油
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