Opening interactive tools…
Your dictionary will be ready shortly.
字HANZI DESK

因

Traditional: 囙

yīn

HSK 3.0 · 6

Yue Tan · University of Caen; © 2009 Yue Tan. MP3 preparation: Hugo Lopez / audio-cmn · CC BY-SA 3.0 US

yīn · jan1 (Jyutping)

  1. old variant of 因[yin1]
  2. cause
  3. reason
  4. because

Definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · snapshot 2026-10-09. Display: consolidated readings, linked characters and marked pinyin. Original data

Character breakdown

因

Meaning
cause, reason; by; because (of)
Radical
囗
Strokes
6
Components
⿴囗大
Cangjie
WK
Four-corner
6043.0

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3. Make Me a Hanzi · LGPL 3+. Interactive stroke order is available in the study tools.

Example sentences