Today’s #kanji is 由, which is listed under the radical of #た（田） but 由 is a pictogram depicting a basket to filter unrefined sake.
Meaning: to derive, to stem, a reason
Reading: ユ、ユウ、ユイ、よし
由縁（ユエン）: affinity, connection, relation
由来（ユライ）: the origin, the history, the derivation, the source; originally, by nature
由（ユ）々しい: serious, grave, fatal, alarming
経由（ケイユ）する: to go by way of… , to go via…
自由（ジユウ）: freedom, liberty
事由（ジユウ）: a reason, a cause, a ground, conditions
理由（リユウ）: (a) reason, an account, a pretext, an excuse
由緒（ユイショ）: a history, an origin
由（よし）: a reason, a ground, a cause; a means, away
由（よし）なし事（ごと）: a trivial thing, trivialities
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