因
yīn
old variant of 因[yin1]
cause; reason; because
enclosure (囗) + person (大) = cause, reason
The original image shows a person (大) enclosed within a boundary (囗), suggesting something contained or grounded — the root or condition from which an effect grows. Think of a cause as the ground a person stands on: what holds them in place and explains what follows.
他因生病没来上学。
tā yīn shēng bìng méi lái shàng xué。
He did not come to school because of illness.
我们要找到事情失败的原因。
wǒ men yào zhǎo dào shì qing shī bài de yuán yīn。
We need to find the reason why things failed.
Words with 因
斯坦因
sī tǎn yīn
Stein (name)
克莱因
kè lái yīn
Klein or Kline (name)
因地制宜
yīn dì zhì yí
(idiom) to use methods in line with local circumstances
埃因霍温
āi yīn huò wēn
Eindhoven (city in the Netherlands)
得梅因
dé méi yīn
Des Moines, capital of Iowa
达因
dá yīn
(loanword) dyne
远因
yuǎn yīn
indirect cause
陈陈相因
chén chén xiāng yīn
(idiom) to slavishly follow old patterns; to stick to outdated conventions
隐性基因
yǐn xìng jī yīn
recessive gene
类风湿因子
lèi fēng shī yīn zǐ
rheumatoid factor
显性基因
xiǎn xìng jī yīn
dominant gene
主因
zhǔ yīn
main reason