繇

yóu
  1. cause
  2. means

CEDICT

  1. (literary) alternative form of 由 (yóu)
  2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 猷 (yóu, “method; means”)
  3. alternative form of 猷 (yóu, “method; means”)
  4. alternative form of 由 (yóu)

Wiktionary

Homographs

繇 yáo
  1. folk-song
  2. forced labor
繇 zhòu interpretations of the trigrams
繇 yōu

Containing this entry

張僧繇 Zhāng Sēngyóu Zhang Sengyou (active c. 490-540), one of the Four Great Painters of the Six Dynasties 六朝四大家
鍾繇 Zhōng Yáo Zhong Yao (151-230), minister of Cao Wei 曹魏 Cáo Wèi and noted calligrapher, said to have developed the regular script 楷書 kǎishū
相繇 Xiāngyáo
自繇 zìyóu

Related entries

來頭 láitóu
  1. cause
  2. reason
  3. interest
  4. influence
原因 yuányīn
  1. cause
  2. origin
  3. root cause
  4. reason

classifier: 個

原因呢？

And what was the reason?

Source: Tatoeba

因 yīn
  1. cause
  2. reason
  3. because
我講因特語。

I speak Interlingua.

Source: Tatoeba

成因 chéngyīn
  1. cause
  2. factor
  3. cause of formation
有關癌症成因的研究耗費頗巨。

Research on the causes of cancer is very expensive.

Source: Tatoeba

緣 yuán
  1. cause
  2. reason
  3. karma
  4. fate
  5. predestined affinity
  6. margin
  7. hem
  8. edge
  9. along
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