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因
yīn
1. cause
2. reason
3. because
Very Common • Top 0% ✏️ 6 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

因
yīn
cause, reason; by; because
HSK 2 6 丶

Compound Words (20)

主因
zhǔyīn
main reason
前因
qiányīn
antecedents
动因
dòngyīn
motivation
原因
yuányīn
cause
HSK 4
因公
yīngōng
in the book of doing one's work
因子
yīnzǐ
factor
因式
yīnshì
factor
因循
yīnxún
to continue the same old routine
因应
yīnyìng
to respond accordingly to
因故
yīngù
for some reason
因数
yīnshù
factor (of an integer)
因果
yīnguǒ
karma
因此
yīncǐ
thus
HSK 4
因为
yīnwèi
because
HSK 2
因由
yīnyóu
reason
因素
yīnsù
element
HSK 5
因缘
yīnyuán
chance
因而
yīnér
therefore
HSK 5
因袭
yīnxí
to follow old patterns
基因
jīyīn
gene (loanword)
HSK 6

Alternate Entries

因
yīn
old variant of [[因<yīn>]]

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
2
Character Frequency Rank
95
Word Frequency Rank
86 of 84,292