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因

cause
Stroke count: 6

Readings

On readingイン
Kun readingよ.る、ちな.む
JōyōGrade 5KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. causeRtK
    彼は自分の敗因を私のせいだと責めた。He accused me of his defeat.tatoeba
    彼は事故の原因が自分にあると十分に自覚していた。He fully realizes that he was the cause of the accident.tatoeba
  2. factor
  3. be associated with
  4. depend on
  5. be limited to
  1. hetu (direct cause, esp. as opposed to indirect conditions)
  2. the basis of one's argument (in hetuvidya)

Synonyms

縁

Popular Usage

原因

Radicals and components

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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pent in (囗) · large (大) · St. Bernard (犬)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 626

Compound words

原因げんいん
cause; origin; source
一因いちいん
one cause; one reason; one factor
因縁いんねん
fate; destiny; connection; tie; bond
因果いんが
cause and effect; causality; karma; fate; unfortunate
因子いんし
factor; factor; divisor
起因きいん
to be caused by; to result from; to arise from; to stem from; to be due to
死因しいん
cause of death
主因しゅいん
primary cause; main factor
敗因はいいん
cause of defeat
誘因ゆういん
contributing cause; exciting cause; incentive; motive
要因よういん
main cause; primary factor
勝因しょういん
cause of victory; reason for (one's) success
因みにちなみに
by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing
本因坊ほんいんぼう
Hon'inbō; Honinbo; grandmaster
因にちなみに
by the way
因るよる
to be due to
因業いんごう
heartless
因循いんじゅん
indecision
因由いんゆ
cause
禍因かいん
cause of trouble
偶因ぐういん
contingent cause
副因ふくいん
secondary cause
に因るによる
by means of
悪因縁あくいんねん
evil destiny

Additional Examples

彼は過労が原因で病気になった。
He got sick from overwork.tatoeba
彼は一睡もせずに取引が失敗した原因を考えた。
He stayed awake all night wondering why the deal went wrong.tatoeba

Stroke Order

6 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 因

Draw with a guide, then from memory — checked at every step