yáoyóuzhòu

reason

yáo
[corvee labor]
(bound form) labor done for the government in ancient times; same as yáo
folk song
(bound form) a type of folk song in ancient literature that could be sung without accompaniment; same as yáo
yóu
to let
to let someone do something; to be up to; to rest with
surname
a Chinese surname
to follow
to follow; to obey
reason
(bound form) cause; reason; motive
from
(coverb) from; via; by; through; due to
zhòu
divination text
(bound form) the predictive text or interpretation of results used in ancient fortune-telling and divination

Cross-References

Same as

Old variant of

Frequency

Character
Written text
5,508th most common 0.584 per million
Word
Written text
0.500 per million

Details

Strokes
17
Unicode
U+7E47

Sources