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Han character[edit]
因 (radical 31, 囗+3, 6 strokes, cangjie input 田大 (WK), four-corner 60430, composition ⿴囗大)
Derived characters[edit]
References[edit]
- KangXi: page 217, character 2
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4693
- Dae Jaweon: page 444, character 3
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 711, character 9
- Unihan data for U+56E0
Further reading[edit]
Chinese[edit]
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Ideogrammic compound (會意): 囗 (“sheet”) + 大 (“person”) – man on a mattress. Original form of 裀 (OC *qin, “mat”) or 茵 (OC *qin, “mattress; cushion”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Definitions[edit]
因
- to follow (e.g. a tradition)
- (archaic) to take advantage; to make use of a situation
- 孔父嘉為司馬，督為大宰，故因民之不堪命，先宣言曰「司馬則然。」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: Commentary of Zuo, circa 4th century BCE
- Kǒngfǔ Jiā wéi sīmǎ, Dū wéi tàizǎi, gù yīn mín zhī bùkān mìng, xiān xuānyán yuē “sīmǎ zé rán.” [Pinyin]
- (At the time) Kongfu Jia was the Marshal and Hua Du the Chancellor. Therefore the latter, making use of popular resentment (against frequent drafts), first spread the words that it was the Marshal that accented their suffering.
孔父嘉为司马，督为大宰，故因民之不堪命，先宣言曰“司马则然。” [Classical Chinese, simp.]- 於柯之會，桓公欲背曹沫之約，管仲因而信之。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, circa 91 BCE
- Yú Kē zhī huì, Huángōng yù bèi Cáo Mò zhī yuē, Guǎn Zhòng yīn ér xìn zhī. [Pinyin]
- At the Convention of Ke, Duke Huan wanted to renege on his oath with Cao Mo. Yet Guan Zhong, taking advantage of the situation, greatly amplified the Duke's reputation of trustworthiness.
于柯之会，桓公欲背曹沫之约，管仲因而信之。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
- (archaic) conveniently; in passing; expediently
- 今人有大功而擊之，不義也，不如因善遇之。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, circa 91 BCE
- Jīn rén yǒu dàgōng ér jīzhī, bùyì yě, bùrú yīn shàn yùzhī. [Pinyin]
- It is beneath ourselves to attack a person because of his merit. We had better, as a matter of convenience, treat him with goodwill.
今人有大功而击之，不义也，不如因善遇之。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
- (archaic) thus; in such way; therefore
- (archaic) through; via
- 衛鞅聞是令下，西入秦，因景監求見孝公。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, circa 91 BCE
- Wèi Yāng wén shì lìng xià, xī rù Qín, yīn Jǐngjiān qiú jiàn Xiàogōng. [Pinyin]
- Yang of Wey, on hearing the decree's promulgation, left westward for Qin and sought the audience of Duke Xiao through the eunuch Jing.
卫鞅闻是令下，西入秦，因景监求见孝公。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
- † to multiply
- 令兩出門步數相乘，因而四之，為實。開方除之，即得邑方。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: c. 2nd century BCE, Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art (《九章算術》)
- Lìng liǎng chūmén bùshù xiāngchéng, yīn ér sì zhī, wéi shí. Kāifāng chú zhī, jí dé yì fāng. [Pinyin]
- Multiply the two distances to the respective portals, and multiply that product by four to obtain the quadruple as the operand. Take the square root of the operand, and one finds the side-length of the square equiareal to the rectangular town.
令两出门步数相乘，因而四之，为实。开方除之，即得邑方。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
- factor
- reason; cause
- because; since
- due to
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Japanese[edit]
Kanji[edit]
因
Readings[edit]
- Go-on: いん (in, Jōyō)
- Kan-on: いん (in, Jōyō)
- Kun: よる (yoru, 因る, Jōyō); ちなむ (chinamu, 因む)
- Nanori: なみ (nami); ゆかり (yukari); よし (yoshi); より (yori)
Compounds[edit]
- 因幡 (Inaba)
Etymology 1[edit]
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| 因 |
| いん Grade: 5 |
| on’yomi |
From Middle Chinese 因 (MC ʔiɪn).
Pronunciation[edit]
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Derived terms
Noun[edit]
- cause; reason; factor
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Derived terms[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
- a surname
Etymology 2[edit]
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| 因 |
| ちな(み) Grade: 5 |
| kun’yomi |
| For pronunciation and definitions of 因 – see ちなみ. (This term, 因, is an alternative spelling of the above terms.) |
Etymology 3[edit]
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| 因 |
| よし Grade: 5 |
| nanori |
| For pronunciation and definitions of 因 – see the following entry. | ||
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Etymology 4[edit]
| Kanji in this term |
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| 因 |
| よすが Grade: 5 |
| nanori |
| For pronunciation and definitions of 因 – see the following entry. | ||
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| (This term, 因, is an alternative spelling of the above term.) |
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Korean[edit]
Hanja[edit]
因 • (in) (hangeul 인, McCune–Reischauer in)
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Vietnamese[edit]
Han character[edit]
因 (nhân, nhằn, dăn, nhăn, nhơn)
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