Chinese symbol for “karma”
因果
yīn guǒ
karma; cause and effect
The closest CC-CEDICT match for karma is 因果 (yīn guǒ), defined as: karma; cause and effect.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “karma”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 果报 (果報) | guǒ bào | karma; preordained fate (Buddhism) |
| 缘 (緣) | yuán | cause; reason |
| 宿命 | sù mìng | predestination; karma |
| 因果报应 (因果報應) | yīn guǒ bào yìng | (Buddhism) retribution; karma |
| 羯磨 | jié mó | karma (loanword) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 因果.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 因为 (因為) | yīn wèi | because; owing to; on account of |
| 因此 | yīn cǐ | thus; consequently; as a result |
| 原因 | yuán yīn | cause; origin |
| 因素 | yīn sù | element; factor |
| 因而 | yīn ér | therefore; as a result |
| 基因 | jī yīn | gene (loanword) |
| 如果 | rú guǒ | if; in case; in the event that |
| 结果 (結果) | jiē guǒ | to bear fruit |
See also: Japanese symbol for “karma”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.