因 (yīn): meaning and stroke order
因 (yīn) means cause, reason, because, old variant of 因.
因
- Simplified
- 因
- Traditional
- 因, 囙
- Pinyin
- yīn
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Stroke order of 因
因
- yīn old variant of 因[yin1]
- yīn cause; reason
- 6 strokes
- Traditional form: 囙
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Meaning of 因
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yīn
- cause
- reason
- because
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yīn
Traditional 囙
- old variant of 因[yin1]
Radical and structure
- 因
- Radical 囗 (Kangxi radical 31) · 6 strokes · built from 囗 and 大
Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.
Words with 因
- 原因 yuán yīn cause; origin
- 因为 yīn wèi because; owing to
- 因此 yīn cǐ thus; consequently; as a result
Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).