This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

Readings

Kana: ユ、ユウ、ユイ、よし、よ.る
Romaji: yu, yuu, yui, yoshi, yo.ru
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

wherefore, a reason

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  5
Radical Number:  2
Frequency:  325
Grade:  3
Skip Pattern:  4-5-2
Korean Reading:  yu
Chinese Reading:  you2
Unicode:  7531
JIS:  4D33

Indexes

Halpern Index: 3499
Nelson Index: 89
New Nelson Index: 3724
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 0a5.35
Four Corner Index: 5060.0
Guide to Remembering Index: 399
Gakken Index: 376
Japanese Names Index: 186
Daikanwanjiten Index: 21724
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 7.1066
Remembering the kanji Index: 1105
Kanji Way Index: 134
Kanji Flashcards Index: 739
Kodansha Compact Index: 1333
Read Writing Kanji Third Index: 421
Kanji in Context Index: 623
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 2181
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 2935
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 1114
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 1186
Essential Kanji Index: 297
Kodansha Kanji Index: 4311
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 1676
Read Writing the Kanji Index: 325
Tuttle Kanji Cards Index: 261

Words

(よし)
reason; significance; cause; piece of information that one has heard; I hear that ...; it is said that ...
自由 (じゆう)
freedom; liberty; as it pleases you
経由 (けいゆ、けいゆう)
through; by way of; via; to go via; to go by way of
自由党 (じゆうとう)
Liberal Party
不自由 (ふじゆう)
discomfort; inconvenience; poverty; want; destitution; disability; impairment (physical, mental, etc.)
理由 (りゆう、わけ)
reason; pretext; motive
由来 (ゆらい)
origin; source; history; derivation; reason; destiny
自由民主党 (じゆうみんしゅとう)
Liberal Democratic Party; LDP; Free Democratic Party (Germany); FDP
由緒 (ゆいしょ)
history; pedigree; lineage
自由形 (じゆうがた)
freestyle (e.g. swimming event)
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