← Back

因

Cause
Stroke count: 6

Readings

On readingイン
Kun readingよ.る

Verbs with «因»

起因する
  1. factor
  2. hetu (direct cause, esp. as opposed to indirect conditions)
  3. the basis of one's argument (in hetuvidya)

Synonyms

縁

Homonyms

ⓘ

Popular Usage

原因

Radicals and components

Components
How it's built
因
  • →
  • →

Mnemonic (RtK)

ⓘ

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

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

Compound words

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

Real voices: how native speakers say it

These sentences were read aloud by real people — native Japanese speakers — for the open Mozilla Common Voice project. Listen to how a phrase sounds in real speech: the intonation, the pace, the way words run together. Two speakers mean two different people read it — compare them.

社会的因襲的に過去からとして要請せられるのである。
しゃかいてきいんしゅうてきにかこからとしてようせいせられるのである。It is required from the past as something socially and conventionally traditional.
地理的環境が文化形成の重大な因子となるはいうまでもない。
ちりてきかんきょうがぶんかけいせいのじゅうだいないんしとなるはいうまでもない。It goes without saying that geographical environment is a crucial factor in cultural formation.
しめのラーメンが太る原因か
しめのらーめんがふとるげんいんかThe ramen at the end might be the cause of getting fat.

Recordings and sentences: Mozilla Common Voice, CC0

Stroke Order

6 strokes

Cause. 囗 (frame) + 大 (person) — a person lying on a mat: what things rest on, the basis.

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 因

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