Kanji1 / 6
因 kanji
cause, factor, be associated with, depend on, be limited to
- JLPT level
- N3 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N4 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 6
- School grade
- Grade 5 (elementary school)
On readings
イン
Kun readings
よるちなむ
Variant forms
囙Words with 因
LevelWord & meaningActions
- N4原因Popularcause; origin; source
- N1要因Popularmain cause; primary factor
- —因Popularcause; factor; hetu (direct cause, esp. as opposed to indirect conditions); the basis of one's argument (in hetuvidya)
- —一因Popularone cause; one reason; one factor
- —因縁Popularfate; destiny; connection; tie; bond; origin; pretext; justification; hetu and prataya (direct causes and indirect conditions, which underlie the actions of all things)
- —因果Popularcause and effect; causality; karma; fate; unfortunate; unlucky; ill-fated
- —因子Popularfactor; factor; divisor
- —起因Popularto be caused by; to result from; to arise from; to stem from; to be due to; cause; origin
- —死因Popularcause of death
- —主因Popularprimary cause; main factor
- —敗因Popularcause of defeat
- —誘因Popularcontributing cause; exciting cause; incentive; motive
- —勝因Popularcause of victory; reason for (one's) success
- —本因坊PopularHon'inbō; Honinbo; grandmaster
- —因業heartless; cruel; causes and actions; results of actions in previous life
- —因循indecision; vacillation
- —因数factor
- —因由cause
- —遠因remote cause; underlying cause; indirect cause
- —禍因cause of trouble