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因此yīncǐtherefore; for this reason

Theme
Connectives
Level
HSK 4
Strokes
12
Characters
2

How 因此 is written

Stroke order matters: it sets the proportions of the character and how a reader will parse it. In the trainer these same boxes reject a stroke drawn out of turn.

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

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Examples

他很努力，因此成绩很好。

Tā hěn nǔlì, yīncǐ chéngjì hěn hǎo.

He works hard, therefore his results are good.

  • 他tāhe
  • 很hěnvery
  • 努力nǔlìto make an effort
  • 因此yīncǐtherefore; for this reason
  • 成绩chéngjìresult; grade
  • 很hěnvery
  • 好hǎogood

路上堵车，因此我来晚了。

Lù shàng dǔchē, yīncǐ wǒ lái wǎn le.

There was a traffic jam, so I arrived late.

  • 路lùroad
  • 上shàngup; to go up; previous
  • 堵车dǔchētraffic jam
  • 因此yīncǐtherefore; for this reason
  • 我wǒI
  • 来láito come
  • 晚wǎnlate
  • 了lecompleted action marker

Not to be confused with

Characters that look or sound alike. The trainer mixes them into the answer options for exactly that reason — so the difference sticks.

  • 因为yīnwèibecause
  • 从此
  • 此外