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Kanji Detail for 因 - "cause, basis, origin"

  • Meaning

    因 means "cause, basis, origin."

    1. Cause - The origin of something; the reason why.

    2. Basis - The foundation; what something rests upon.

    3. Rely - To depend on; to trust in.

    4. Derive - To originate from; to come from a source.

    5. Connection - A relationship or link; an association.

    6. Therefore - For this reason; consequently.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    cause; factor; be associated with; depend on; be limited to

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    cause, reason; by; because (of)

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    old variant of 因[yin1]

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    cause, reason; by; because

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    To continue; to inherit. (Analects) "The Yin inherited from the Xia rites. The Zhou inherited from the Yin rites." (Mencius) "To build high, one must rely on hills; to dig low, one must rely on rivers and marshes." | To depend on. (Analects) "Relying on those not estranged from relatives." | From; because of. Such as 原因 (cause), 因緣 (karma). | In arithmetic, multiplication is also called 因.
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