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因

Level VI of XX on the frequency path

Frequency rank 762 / 2,608

Cause

On’yomi
いん
Kun’yomi
よ
Radical
囗 Enclosure (Kangxi 31)

Mid-frequency: not on every page, but regular in books and magazines.

More common than 底 (Bottom), less common than 源 (Origin).

Inside a mouth (囗), something big (大) is trapped — the big thing inside is the cause of the swelling, the reason behind it all.

In words

因る よる to come fromN2
原因 げんいん cause,sourceN4
要因 よういん primary factor;main causeN1

因 is rank 762 of 2,608 in published Japanese.

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