因 (yīn) — Chinese Character

因

yīn

cause, reason; by; because

Radical: 囗 HSK 6 p, c, g

Components & Etymology

因 decomposes into the following components:

囗大

Common multi-character words and phrases that include 因.

主因

zhǔ yīn

main reason

兹因

zī yīn

前因

qián yīn

antecedents

动因

dòng yīn

motivation

卢因

lú yīn

Lewin (name)

原因

yuán yīn

cause

善因

shàn yīn

因为

yīn wèi

because

因之

yīn zhī

因公

yīn gōng

因子

yīn zǐ

factor

因应

yīn yìng

to respond accordingly to

Characters that share the radical 囗.

Practice this character with stroke-order training, spaced repetition, and reading passages across all HSK levels.