因 — 6 strokes ／ Radical「囗」
道6Elementary year 5 ／ 6 strokes ／ Radical「囗」
- On
- インいん · in
- Kun
- よ(る)yo(ru)
- Meaning
- cause; reason
Stroke order
Origin
大 "a person" lying on 囗 "a mat"; what one rests upon — hence "basis, cause."
Readings and examples
| Onインいんin | 因果いんが原因げんいん要因よういん |
|---|---|
| Kunよるyoru | 因るよる……に因る……による |
Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.
Compounds
- 原因げんいん
cause
- 要因よういん
principal factor
Example
事故の原因を調べている。
They are investigating the cause of the accident.
Nearby characters
The line style shows how they connect
CompoundRadicalReading
Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)