to follow / from / because of / due to / by / via / through / (before a noun and a verb) it is for ... to ...

= + : Mnemonic symbol: 自由古巴, a cuba libre. The character 由 itself even looks like a cuba libre.

Maud Younger (y) is taking part in a charity auction in the outhouse's kitchen (ou2). She is auctioning the dinosaur bone (丨) next to her and is speaking into a microphone (曰). In the other hand she is holding a cuba libre (由), and she is already quite drunk.
to follow / from / because of; due to / by; via; through / (before a noun and a verb) it is for ... to ...

由 character breakdown

radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 2)

Mnemonic symbol: a dinosaur bone. Gitta Giraffe (gu-) found a gorgeous dinosaur bone (丨) in the encampment's living room ((e)n3).
vertical stroke (in Chinese characters), referred to as 豎筆|竖笔[shu4 bi3]

Mnemonic symbol: a dinosaur bone. Sheldon Shrimp (shu) found a gorgeous dinosaur bone (丨) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4) and is cracking it open to eat its bone marrow.
to speak / to say

= + : Yu the Great is selling flutes in front of the elevator. She has a whole box of them, and she's advertising them by using a microphone.

Characters with 由 as component

surname Huang or Hwang

= + + : Mnemonic symbol: the Yellow Emperor.

Helga Horse invited the Yellow Emperor to join her visit anglepod. In the kitchen, he falls for her trap: Helga prepared a field of eight balls on which the Yellow Emperor trips. As he falls into the well behind the field of eight balls, Helga neighs and laughs loudly at him.
yellow / pornographic / to fall through

= + + : Mnemonic symbol: the Yellow Emperor.

Helga Horse invited the Yellow Emperor to join her visit anglepod. In the kitchen, he falls for her trap: Helga prepared a field of eight balls on which the Yellow Emperor trips. As he falls into the well behind the field of eight balls, Helga neighs and laughs loudly at him.
oil / fat / grease / petroleum / to apply tung oil, paint or varnish / oily / greasy / glib / cunning

= + : Maud Younger (y) is creating art in the outhouse's kitchen (ou2). She is painting a picture using oil (油) paint and occasionally using water color stored in a water bottle (氵). She is nipping a cuba libre (由) and from time to time even using her drink as color for her picture.
to draw / picture / painting / CL:幅[fu2],張|张[zhang1] / classifier for paintings etc / variant of 劃|划[hua4]

= + + : Helga Horse (hu) decided to make the ashram's bathroom (a4) more beautiful, so she paints (画) her favourite field (田) on the wall using a flute (一). She doesn't watch out for the receptacles (凵) though, and gets shocked as her flute gets stuck in one of them.
3rd earthly branch: 3-5 a.m., 1st solar month (4th February-5th March), year of the Tiger / ancient Chinese compass point: 60°

= + + + : Mnemonic symbol: a plush tiger.

Maud Younger (y) and her plush tiger (寅) just graduated. Wearing their graduation hats (宀) they come out of the encampment's kitchen ((e)n2) where they had to study for years and celebrate their new freedom by drinking cuba libres (由). They also are overjoyed that finally they can spend their time just having fun: the plush tiger uses a flute (一) as a bat to shoot an eightball (八) into Maud's direction, who catches it using her graduation cap as baseball glove.
post (office) / mail

= + : Maud Younger (y) received a postcard (邮) in the outhouse's kitchen (ou2). The postcard is from the imperator (阝) and shows himself enjoying a cuba libre (由). On the postcard he invites Maud to visit him in his holiday lodge.
to draw out / to pull out from in between / to remove part of the whole / (of certain plants) to sprout or bud / to whip or thrash

= + : A giant cuba libre (由) is on display in front of the outhouse (ou1), and Charlie Chaplin (ch) fell inside. He can only be rescued with the help of a toy claw (扌) with which someone pulls him out (抽).
to arrive at (place or time) / period / to become due / classifier for events, meetings, elections, sporting fixtures, years (of graduation)

= + : Maud Younger (y) is being taught by a ghost (尸) how to mix a perfect Cuba Libre (由) in the elevator's bathroom (e4). She has to complete several sessions (届), and if she does, she will graduate this year (届).
sleeve / to tuck inside one's sleeve

= + : Marie Curie (xi) is on a party in the outhouse. In the bathroom (ou4) she prepares to continue to party by tucking a cuba libre (由) into the sleeve (袖) of her royal ermine coat (衤).
chivalrous knight

= + : Pocahontas (pi) is having a great time with a chivalrous knight (甹) in front of the engine ((e)ng1). The knight is wearing a breathing mask (丂) and has to drink all the Cuba libre (由) Pocahontas fills into the mask.
to enlighten

= + : In the space station's kitchen (Ø2) Dorothy Gale (di) accidentally spills her Cuba Libre (由) over Edison's (迪) feet (who is wearing only gladiator sandals (辶)), but fortunately this event enlightens (迪) him on how to build the light bulb he has been designing lately.
temple / ancestral shrine / CL:座[zuo4] / temple fair / great imperial hall / imperial

= 广 + : Marilyn Monroe (mi) is about to skydive. With her parachute (广) already on her back she visits the shrine (庙) in the aorta's bathroom (ao4) and donates a Cubra Libre (由) to put the god of skydiving in a good mood.
eternity / (geology) eon

= + : James II of England (zh) finds that he forgot his cuba libre (由) in the outhouse's bathroom (ou4) during the last party. A lot later he finds that in the glass a whole new universe (宙) has developed. He writes a thesis about it and earns a PhD, proudly wearing a graduation cap (宀).

Words with 由

can't help; involuntarily (idiom)
can't help (doing sth)
can't help / cannot but
to hand over (responsibility for sth) to (sb) / to leave it to (sb else to take charge of the next stage of a process)
main content / matter / work / origin of an incident / cause / purpose / subject (of business letter)
you can't always do as you like / one has to compromise in this world (idiom)
Mishima Yukio (1925-1970), Japanese author, pen name of (平岡公威|平冈公威, Hiraoka Kimitake)

Sentences with 由

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