由 yóu
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 田 — field, farm, arable land
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
由此
yóucǐ
from here; from this
Characters in this word
此 cǐ
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 止 — to stop, to halt
- Made of
- 止 to stop, to halt 匕 spoon, ladle
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 由此可见。 Yóucǐ kějiàn. This can be seen from this.
- 由此开始吧。 Yóucǐ kāishǐ ba. Let us start from here.
- 由此进门。 Yóucǐ jìn mén. Enter the door from here.