因
cause; reason; because
6 strokes
Dict coverage rank #628 U+56E0
How 因 is formed
How to remember it
cause · Heisig RSH #551
pent in + St. Bernard dog
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Characters built with 因 as their sound component
These characters all use 因 (yīn) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 因 sound component | yīn | cause, reason; by; because |
| 烟 | yān | smoke, soot; opium; tobacco, cigarettes |
| 恩 | ēn | kindness, mercy, charity |
| 咽 | yàn | throat; pharynx |
| 茵 | yīn | mattress, cushion; wormwood, Skimmia japon |
| 胭 | yān | cosmetics, rouge |
| 洇 | yīn | to soak; to blot, to splotch |
| 氤 | yīn | fog, mist |
| 铟 | yīn | indium |
Words containing 因
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 因人成事 | yīn rén chéng shì | to get things done relying on others (idiom); with a little help from his friends |
| 公因子 | gōng yīn zǐ | (math.) common factor |
| 死因不明 | sǐ yīn bù míng | unknown cause of death |
| 因小失大 | yīn xiǎo shī dà | to save a little only to lose a lot (idiom) |
| 利多卡因 | lì duō kǎ yīn | (loanword) lidocaine |
| 病因学 | bìng yīn xué | pathological science (TCM) |
| 公因数 | gōng yīn shù | see 公約數|公约数[gong1 yue1 shu4] |
| 理化因素 | lǐ huà yīn sù | physical and chemical factors |
| 基因学 | jī yīn xué | genetics |
| 卡尔文克莱因 | Kǎ ěr wén Kè lái yīn | Calvin Klein CK (brand) |
| 因式分解 | yīn shì fēn jiě | factorization |
| 基因体 | jī yīn tǐ | genome (Tw) |
| 因斯布鲁克 | Yīn sī bù lǔ kè | Innsbruck, city in Austria |
| 公因式 | gōng yīn shì | common factor; common divisor (of a math. expression) |
| 因特网 | Yīn tè wǎng | Internet |
| 转基因食品 | zhuǎn jī yīn shí pǐn | genetically modified (GM) food |
| 因变数 | yīn biàn shù | (Tw) (math.) dependent variable |
| 前因后果 | qián yīn hòu guǒ | cause and effects (idiom); entire process of development |
| 基因工程 | jī yīn gōng chéng | genetic engineering |
| 因人而异 | yīn rén ér yì | varying from person to person (idiom); different for each individual |