因 — kanji meaning “cause”
因
cause, factor, be associated with, depend on, be limited to
- Meanings
- cause, factor, be associated with, depend on, be limited to
- On'yomi
- イン (in)
- Kun'yomi
- よ.る、ちな.む
- Name readings
- て
- Strokes
- 6
- School grade
- 5
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 2
- Newspaper frequency
- #636 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 31
- Chinese reading
- yīn — Chinese character page
Words with 因
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 原因 | げんいん gen'in | cause; origin; source |
| 要因 | よういん youin | main cause; primary factor |
| 死因 | しいん shiin | cause of death |
| 一因 | いちいん ichiin | one cause; one reason; one factor |
| 因果 | いんが inga | cause and effect; causality |
| 因子 | いんし inshi | factor |
| 起因 | きいん kiin | to be caused by; to result from; to arise from |
| 因縁 | いんねん innen | fate; destiny |
| 敗因 | はいいん haiin | cause of defeat |
| 誘因 | ゆういん yuuin | contributing cause; exciting cause; incentive |
| 主因 | しゅいん shuin | primary cause; main factor |
| 因みに | ちなみに chinamini | by the way; in this connection; incidentally |
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