因 – cause, factor, be associated with

6 strokesTaught in grade 5#636 in newspaper frequencyN4 vocabulary

The kanji 因 means cause, factor, be associated with, depend on, be limited to. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is イン (in); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is よ.る、ちな.む (yoru, chinamu). It is written with 6 strokes, under radical 囗 (no. 31).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	イン	in
Kun’yomi	よ.る	yoru
Kun’yomi	ちな.む	chinamu

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 囗 (Kangxi radical 31). Components: 大・囗.

Words using 因

原因げんいんcause因るよるto be due to要因よういんmain cause

Example sentences

それで事故の原因が分かった。

That accounts for the accident.

Tatoeba #205727

Ｂ要因の取り扱いに関して、両者のアプローチにはわずかな違いがあるようだ。

There seems to be a slight difference on the treatment of the B factor between their approaches.

Tatoeba #234866

Kanji with the same radical

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