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由于yóuyúbecause of; owing to

Theme
Connectives
Level
HSK 4
Strokes
8
Characters
2

How 由于 is written

Stroke order matters: it sets the proportions of the character and how a reader will parse it. In the trainer these same boxes reject a stroke drawn out of turn.

由 — 5 strokes, in writing order from left to right.
于 — 3 strokes, in writing order from left to right.

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Examples

由于天气不好，飞机晚了。

Yóuyú tiānqì bù hǎo, fēijī wǎn le.

Because of the bad weather, the plane was late.

  • 由于yóuyúbecause of; owing to
  • 天气tiānqìweather
  • 不bùno
  • 好hǎogood
  • 飞机fēijīaeroplane
  • 晚wǎnlate
  • 了lecompleted action marker

由于工作忙，他没有来。

Yóuyú gōngzuò máng, tā méiyǒu lái.

Because he was busy at work, he did not come.

  • 由于yóuyúbecause of; owing to
  • 工作gōngzuòto work
  • 忙mángbusy
  • 他tāhe
  • 没有méiyǒuto not have
  • 来láito come

Not to be confused with

Characters that look or sound alike. The trainer mixes them into the answer options for exactly that reason — so the difference sticks.