来由 (らいゆ) — origin, cause | Kakuso

Vocabulary

Meaning

origin and cause

Practice Writing

Character: 1/2

Stroke: 1/0

Component Analysis

来

come, due, next...

く.る, きた.る, ライ

米

rice, USA, metre

こめ, よね, ベイ

木

き, こ-, ボク

丿

katakana no radical (no. 4)

えい, よう, ヘツ

由

wherefore, a reason

よし, よ.る, ユ

日

day, sun, Japan...

ひ, -び, ニチ

丨

number one, line, rod radical (no. 2)

すす.む, しりぞ.く, コン

日

day, sun, Japan...

ひ, -び, ニチ

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