由
Meaning
- to follow
- from
- because of; due to
Example sentence
由我来做.
I'll see to it.
The character 由
由 is a field with a stem rising out of it: what something comes from. It marks the source or the agent — 由他决定, he is the one who decides — and gives 理由 a reason, 由于 owing to, 自由 freedom.