Question

由 よし、よ.る 自由(じゆう): freedom; liberty; as it pleases you理由(りゆう): reason; pretext; motive由(よし): reason; significance; cause経由(けいゆ): (1) through; by way of; via (2) to go via; to go by way of不自由(ふじゆう): (1) discomfort; inconvenience (2) poverty; want; destitution (3) disability; impairment (physical, mental, etc.) 3 田: rice field; rice paddy丨: number one; line; rod radical (no. 2) 田 5 (none) wherefore Cogito ergo sum. Wherefore is a bad choice here for two reasons. For one, it´s often mistranslated as "where" when in fact it´s an urge to know a cause or reason; and two, because this kanji represents the reason, not the urge. [A thought sprouts from my brain. I think, therefore I am.].

Accepted Answer

ユ、ユウ、ユイ wherefore, a reason 3 325 5 102 た・たへん 象形 Pictographic Wherefore art thou, Sprouteo? (Juliet has fallen in love with a brussel sprout) (OR: A brussel sprout has fallen from Juliet´s dinner plate and rolled off).

Kanji	由
Onyomi	ユ、ユウ、ユイ
Kunyomi	よし、よ.る
English	wherefore, a reason
Examples	自由(じゆう): freedom; liberty; as it pleases you 理由(りゆう): reason; pretext; motive 由(よし): reason; significance; cause 経由(けいゆ): (1) through; by way of; via (2) to go via; to go by way of 不自由(ふじゆう): (1) discomfort; inconvenience (2) poverty; want; destitution (3) disability; impairment (physical, mental, etc.)
JLPT Level	3
Jouyou Grade	3
Frequency	325
Components	田: rice field; rice paddy 丨: number one; line; rod radical (no. 2)
Number of Strokes	5
Kanji Radical	田
Radical Number	102
Radical Strokes	5
Radical Reading	た・たへん
Traditional Form	(none)
Classification	象形 Pictographic
Keyword	wherefore
Koohii Story 1	Wherefore art thou, Sprouteo? (Juliet has fallen in love with a brussel sprout) (OR: A brussel sprout has fallen from Juliet´s dinner plate and rolled off).
Koohii Story 2	Cogito ergo sum. Wherefore is a bad choice here for two reasons. For one, it´s often mistranslated as "where" when in fact it´s an urge to know a cause or reason; and two, because this kanji represents the reason, not the urge. [A thought sprouts from my brain. I think, therefore I am.].

Reason Wherefore Rice Fallen Brussel It´S I 由