因 Kanji for cause

N3–N2Grade 56 strokes

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

Kun: よ.る、ちな.む
On: イン

因 is the Japanese kanji for cause, factor, be associated with, depend on, be limited to. It is written with 6 strokes and appears at JLPT level N3–N2. Its kun reading is よ.る、ちな.む and its on reading is イン.

Stroke order

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Words with 因

因いんcause, factor
因ちなみにby the way, in this connection, incidentally
原げん因いんcause, origin, source
要よう因いんmain cause, primary factor
死し因いんcause of death
一いち因いんone cause, one reason, one factor

Practice 因 with brush strokes, spaced repetition and quizzes in the app.