01
原因
げんいん
cause
Meanings
- cause
- factor
- be associated with
- depend on
- be limited to
Readings
Onyomi
- イン
Kunyomi
- よ.る
- ちな.む
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Useful words
02
要因
よういん
factor
03
因果
いんが
cause and effect
04
死因
しいん
cause of death
05
因る
よる
due to
06
因みに
ちなみに
by the way
Compare Kanji
01果Pair94%fruit, reward果 is result, the classic partner to cause in 因.02由Meaning86%wherefore, a reason由 gives reason or basis, so it sits beside the cause idea in 因.03原Meaning82%meadow, original原 points to origin, where a factor like 因 begins.04理Meaning76%logic, arrangement理 adds a reasoned principle beside the explanatory role of 因.05基Meaning72%fundamentals, radical (chem)基 gives a base that can become a condition or factor in 因.06困Shape78%quandary, become distressed困 has the same box, but it holds 木 where 因 holds 大.