因 — in

Parts that make up 因

How 因 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 因 as a ideographic compound involving 囗, 大.

Korean example words with 因

• 병인病因 Korean gloss: 병의 원인
• 사인死因 Korean gloss: 죽게 된 원인
• 화인火因 Korean gloss: 불이 난 원인
• 근인根因 Korean gloss: 근본이 되는 원인
• 내인內因 Korean gloss: 내부에 있는 원인
• 사인事因 Korean gloss: 사건의 근본 원인
• 변인變因 Korean gloss: 성질이나 모습이 변하는 원인
• 원인遠因 Korean gloss: 연관성이 먼, 간접적인 원인
• 인습因習 Korean gloss: 이전부터 전하여 내려오는 습관
• 근인近因 Korean gloss: 연관성이 가까운, 직접적인 원인
• 인과因果 Korean gloss: 원인과 결과를 아울러 이르는 말
• 패인敗因 Korean gloss: 싸움에서 지거나 일에 실패한 원인

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 因

• 原因げんいん cause; origin; source
• 要因よういん main cause; primary factor
• 本因坊ほんいんぼう Hon'inbō; Honinbo; grandmaster
• 死因しいん cause of death
• 一因いちいん one cause; one reason; one factor
• 因果いんが cause and effect; causality; karma
• 敗因はいいん cause of defeat
• 主因しゅいん primary cause; main factor
• 因子いんし factor; factor; divisor
• 因縁いんねん fate; destiny; connection
• 起因きいん to be caused by; to result from; to arise from
• 勝因しょういん cause of victory; reason for (one's) success

Characters sharing the phonetic 因

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “인” in Korean.

Other hanja read “인”

Other hanja with radical 囗