Kanji List

由

• kun: よし, よ.る
• on: ユ, ユウ, ユイ
• meaning: wherefore, a reason
• words:

  Word	Reading	Meaning
  由	よし	reason, significance, cause
  自由	じゆう	freedom, liberty, as it pleases you
  理由	りゆう	reason, pretext, motive
  経由	けいゆ	go by the way, via
  不自由	ふじゆう	discomfort, inconvenience; poverty, want, destitution; disability, impairment (physical, mental, etc.)
  自由化	じゆうか	liberalization, liberalisation, freeing
  自由形	じゆうがた	freestyle (e.g. swimming event)
  自由主義	じゆうしゅぎ	liberalism
  由来	ゆらい	origin, source, history, derivation, reason, destiny
  自由経済	じゆうけいざい	free economy