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由來, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say
由來 in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word
由來 you have here. The definition of the word
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Chinese
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follow; from; it is for...to follow; from; it is for...to; reason; cause; because of; due to; by; to; to leave it (to someone)
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to come
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trad. (由來)
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由
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來
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simp. (由来)
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由
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来
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alternative forms
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繇來/繇来
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anagram
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來由/来由
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Pronunciation
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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由
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來
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Reading #
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1/1
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2/2
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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yóu
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lái
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Middle Chinese
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‹ yuw ›
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‹ loj ›
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Old Chinese
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/*l/
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/*mə.rˁək/ (> *rˁə)
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English
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follow; from
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come
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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Zhengzhang system (2003)
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Character
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由
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來
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Reading #
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1/1
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1/1
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No.
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15526
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7598
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Phonetic component
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由
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來
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Rime group
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幽
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之
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Rime subdivision
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2
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0
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Corresponding MC rime
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猷
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Old Chinese
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/*lɯw/
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/*m·rɯːɡ/
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Noun
由來
- origin; source
- time since the beginning of the something (till now)
臣弑其君,子弑其父,非一朝一夕之故,其由來者漸矣。
臣弑其君,子弑其父,非一朝一夕之故,其由来者渐矣。 - From: I Ching, 11th – 8th century BCE
- Chén shì qí jūn, zǐ shì qí fù, fēi yī zhāo yī xī zhī gù, qí yóulái zhě jiàn yǐ.
- The murder of a ruler by his minister, or of his father by a son, is not the result of the events of one morning or one evening.
Synonyms
- 來源 / 来源 (láiyuán)
- 出處 / 出处
- 基本 (jīběn)
- 大本 (dàběn) (literary)
- 本源 (běnyuán)
- 根 (gēn)
- 根本 (gēnběn)
- 根源 (gēnyuán)
- 根頭 / 根头 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
- 泉源 (quányuán)
- 淵源 / 渊源 (yuānyuán)
- 源 (yuán) (literary, or in compounds)
- 源泉 (yuánquán) (figurative)
- 源頭 / 源头 (yuántóu) (figurative)
- 濫觴 / 滥觞 (lànshāng) (literary)
- 起源 (qǐyuán)
Japanese
For pronunciation and definitions of 由來 – see the following entry.
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(This term, 由來, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)
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Korean
Noun
由來 • (yurae) (hangeul 유래)
- hanja form? of 유래 (“origin; origination”)