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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)

前因
qiányīn
antecedents
因故
yīngù
for some reason
因缘
yīnyuán
chance
模因
móyīn
meme (loanword)
基因
jīyīn
gene (loanword)
HSK 6
因数
yīnshù
factor (of an integer)
原因
yuányīn
cause
HSK 4
因而
yīnér
therefore
HSK 5
动因
dòngyīn
motivation
因由
yīnyóu
reason
因此
yīncǐ
thus
HSK 4
因果
yīnguǒ
karma
因子
yīnzǐ
factor
兹因
zīyīn
(formal) whereas
起因
qǐyīn
cause
远因
yuǎnyīn
indirect cause
诱因
yòuyīn
cause (esp. of an illness)
因袭
yīnxí
to follow old patterns
因素
yīnsù
element
HSK 5
因公
yīngōng
in the book of doing one's work

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