因
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cause; reason; because
Formation & memory
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How 因 is formed
How to remember it
cause · Heisig RSH #551
pent in + St. Bernard dog
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 因
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| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 因人成事 | to get things done relying on others (idiom); with a little help from his friends | |
| 公因子 | (math.) common factor | |
| 死因不明 | unknown cause of death | |
| 因小失大 | to save a little only to lose a lot (idiom) | |
| 利多卡因 | (loanword) lidocaine | |
| 病因学 | pathological science (TCM) | |
| 公因数 | see 公約數|公约数[gong1 yue1 shu4] | |
| 理化因素 | physical and chemical factors | |
| 基因学 | genetics | |
| 卡尔文克莱因 | Calvin Klein CK (brand) | |
| 因式分解 | factorization | |
| 基因体 | genome (Tw) | |
| 因斯布鲁克 | Innsbruck, city in Austria | |
| 公因式 | common factor; common divisor (of a math. expression) | |
| 因特网 | Internet | |
| 转基因食品 | genetically modified (GM) food | |
| 因变数 | (Tw) (math.) dependent variable | |
| 前因后果 | cause and effects (idiom); entire process of development | |
| 基因工程 | genetic engineering | |
| 因人而异 | varying from person to person (idiom); different for each individual |
Sound family
These characters use 因 as their sound component — compare how they read.