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因 — cause; reason; because

Pinyin
yīn
Strokes
6
HSK level
HSK 2
Handwriting
recognition only

How to write 因: 6 strokes

Each cell adds one stroke to the previous ones, with the new stroke in red. Stroke order is not decoration: it sets the proportions of the character and makes handwriting legible to a reader. The syllabus asks you to recognise this character rather than write it by hand.

因 — 6 strokes, in writing order from left to right.

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Words with 因 in the HSK syllabus: 9

Every word in the official 2026 syllabus that contains this character, with the level it is introduced at. Learning a character pays off through these: each one combines with the characters you already know.

  1. 因为yīnwèibecause; owing to; on account ofHSK 2
  2. 因此yīncǐthus; consequently; as a resultHSK 4
  3. 原因yuányīncause; origin; root cause; reasonHSK 4
  4. 因而yīn’értherefore; as a result; thus; and as a result, ...HSK 5
  5. 因素yīnsùelement; factorHSK 5
  6. 基因jīyīngeneHSK 6
  7. 因yīncause; reason; becauseHSK 6
  8. 因地制宜yīndì-zhìyíto use methods in line with local circumstancesHSK 7–9
  9. 因人而异yīnrén’éryìvarying from person to person; different for each individualHSK 7–9

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