因

因 (Kangxi radical 31, 囗+3, 6 strokes, cangjie input 田大 (WK), four-corner 6043₀, composition ⿴囗大)

• 𪜶, 𠗃, 咽, 㘻, 姻, 𢙫, 㧢, 洇, 栶, 烟, 㸶, 珚, 䄄, 胭, 䂩, 秵, 裀, 絪(𬘡), 䍰, 𨋳, 銦(铟), 鞇, 駰(骃), 𠡛, 欭, 恩, 茵, 筃, 氤, 𤶑

• 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

• 因 on Wikidata.Wikidata

Historical forms of the character 因
Shang	Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Ideogrammic compound (會意) : 囗 (“sheet”) + 大 (“person”) – man on a mattress. Original form of 裀 (OC *qin, “mat; layered garment”) or 茵 (OC *qin, “mattress; cushion”).

Alternatively, possibly an ideogrammic compound (會意) of a man wearing clothing.

因

1. (literary) to follow (e.g. a tradition)

   因循守舊／因循守旧  ―  yīnxúnshǒujiù  ―  to adhere to tradition

2. (literary) 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.]
     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.]

     From: Commentary of Zuo, c. 4^th 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.

   • 於柯之會，桓公欲背曹沫之約，管仲因而信之。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     于柯之会，桓公欲背曹沫之约，管仲因而信之。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 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.

3. (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.]
     今人有大功而击之，不义也，不如因善遇之。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 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.

4. (archaic) thus; in such way; therefore; accordingly

   • 初欲棄之，因名曰棄。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     初欲弃之，因名曰弃。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE

     Chū yù qì zhī, yīn míng yuē Qì. [Pinyin]

     She wanted to abandon the infant at first, and thus named him "Qi", the abandoned one.

5. (archaic) through; via

   • 衛鞅聞是令下，西入秦，因景監求見孝公。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     卫鞅闻是令下，西入秦，因景监求见孝公。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 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.

6. (obsolete) 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.]
     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.]

     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.

   • 以六因之，得一丈二尺。 [Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]

     From: c. 5th century, Sunzi Suanjing (《孫子算經》)

     Yǐ liù yīn zhī, dé yī zhàng èr chǐ. [Pinyin]

     Multiply that number by six, and one obtains one zhang and two chi.

7. depending on; according to; based on; contingent upon

   因人而異／因人而异  ―  yīnrén'éryì  ―  to vary from one person to another

   因地制宜  ―  yīndìzhìyí  ―  to make plans according to local conditions

   • 若因過去時，有未來現在：未來及現在，應在過去時。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     若因过去时，有未来现在：未来及现在，应在过去时。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: c. 409, Kumārajīva (鳩摩羅什 (Jiūmóluóshí)), translator. The Mūlamadhyamakakārikā by Nāgārjuna (《中論》). English text based on the translation by Stephen Batchellor.

     Ruò yīn guòqù shí, yǒu wèilái xiànzài: wèilái jí xiànzài, yīng zài guòqù shí. [Pinyin]

     If the present and the future were contingent on the past, then the present and the future would have existed in the past.

8. (Cantonese) to estimate

   你因下啲時間，睇下要幾耐先到。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   你因下啲时间，睇下要几耐先到。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   nei⁵ jan¹ haa⁵ di¹ si⁴ gaan³, tai² haa⁵ jiu³ gei² noi⁶ sin¹ dou³. [Jyutping]

   Estimate the time to see how long it takes to arrive.

9. reason; cause

   因果  ―  yīnguǒ  ―  cause and effect

   近因  ―  jìnyīn  ―  direct cause; immediate cause

10. because; since
11. due to; because of

    因此  ―  yīncǐ  ―  because of this; therefore; ergo

    因雨改期  ―  yīn yǔ gǎiqī  ―  to be rescheduled because of the rain

• (because): 因為／因为 (yīnwèi), 由於／由于 (yóuyú)

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A00726
• “因”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

(grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji)

• 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)

• 因幡(いなば) (Inaba)

From Middle Chinese 因 (MC ʔiɪn).

• (Tokyo) い​ん [íꜜǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
• IPA^(key): [ĩɴ]

因(いん) • (in) 

1. cause, reason
2. follow, be based on
3. Short for 因幡国 (Inaba no kuni): Inaba Province

因(いん) • (in) 

1. cause; reason; factor
2. (Buddhism) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
3. (Indian logic) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

• 因(いん)する (insuru)
• 因(いん)数(すう) (insū)

因(いん) • (In) 

1. a surname

(The following entry is uncreated: ちなみ.)

From Middle Chinese 因 (MC ʔiɪn).

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [in]
• Phonetic hangul: [인]

Wikisource 因 (eumhun 인할 인 (inhal in))

1. Hanja form^? of 인 (“cause”).

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

因: Hán Nôm readings: nhân, nhằn, dăn, nhăn, nhơn

1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

因

1. Sawndip form of aen