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<WL>因 [yīn] cause; 因为 because; 原因 reason@@; (HDZ:) 依靠, 凭借 …; 沿袭, 承接 …; (姓)
<WL>因 [yīn] cause; 因为 because; 原因 reason@@; (HDZ:) 依靠, 凭借 …; 沿袭, 承接 …; (姓)
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The Shuōwén Seal form of 因(􁄂) yīn ‘because of, rely/depend on’ (great/prior ancestor/causality) combines 囗 wéi ‘enclosure’, and 大 dà ‘big’ (man with arms extended): the arms extended define the bounds of one's reach/influence; what one can reach, one can do/cause; what one has reached, one has influenced/caused; what reaches one, exerts its influence.
The Shuōwén Seal form of 因(􁄂) yīn ‘because of, rely/depend on’ (great/prior ancestor/causality, old customs) combines 囗(􁃰) wéi ‘enclosure’ (bounds/scope), and 大(􁰋) ‘big/great’ (extent, man with arms extended, spread wide): the arms extended define the bounds/limits of one's reach/influence; what one can reach, one can do/cause; what one has reached, one has influenced/caused; what reaches one, exerts its influence.
Compare: 恩(􁲳) ēn ‘favor/grace’ (恩惠); 因为 ‘because’.
Compare: 茵(􀊒) yīn ‘seat cushion/padding in a wagon; mat/mattress/bedding’; 姻(􂉐) yīn ‘betroth (marry off) a daughter’; 恩(􁲳) ēn ‘favor/grace/kindness’ (恩惠).
Compare: 囚(􁄆) qiú ‘imprison/prisoner’ (imprisoned for cause, because of an offense/crime); 困(􁄉) kùn ‘old/walled farmstead/orchard’ (䷮).
Compare: 囚(􁄆) qiú ‘imprison/prisoner’ (imprisoned because of a crime); 昷(􀶨𥁕) wēn ‘food/kindness to (enemy) prisoners; mild/gentle’.
Older graphs associated with 因(􁄂) are said to depict a 大 person lying on a 囗 mattress, cf. 茵 yīn ‘mattress’ (王宏源).
Compare: 困(􁄉) kùn ‘old/walled farmstead/orchard’ (䷮).
Compare: 茵(􀊒) yīn ‘seat cushion/padding in a wagon’; 宿(􁏕㝛􁊥𠉦􁊦𠈇􁊤𡖕夙); 𠩛(􁔥􁔤席) xí ‘(plaited/woven reed/rush/straw) sitting/sleeping mat’; 𡜰(􂌛􂌙𡞔婁), cf. 娄.
Older graphs associated with 因(􁄂) are said to depict a 大 person lying on a 囗 mattress, cf. 茵(􀊒) yīn ‘cushion/mattress’ (王宏源).
HDZ: 因 : yīn : 依靠, 凭借 (因人成事; 因地制宜) (cf. 茵, 㧢); 沿袭, 承接 (因循, 陈陈相因) (cf. 㧢); 顺随, 顺着; 亲, 亲近; 原因, 缘故 (成因, 病因, 事出有因, 前因后果); (佛教) 因缘 (Hetupratyaya); (数学) 乘; (佛教) 因明学 (Hetuvidya); 比况, 犹, 如同; (介词) 依照, 根据, 随着; (连词) 因而, 于是; 姻; (姓)
Compare: 宿(􁏕㝛􁊥𠉦􁊦𠈇􁊤𡖕夙); 𠩛(􁔥􁔤席) xí ‘(plaited/woven reed/rush/straw) sitting/sleeping mat’; 𡜰(􂌛􂌙𡞔婁), cf. 娄.
HDZ: 因 : yīn : (SW: 就) 依靠, 凭借 (因人成事; 因地制宜) (cf. 茵, 㧢); 沿袭, 承接 (因循, 陈陈相因) (cf. 㧢); 顺随, 顺着; 亲, 亲近; 原因, 缘故 (成因, 病因, 事出有因, 前因后果); (佛教) 因缘 (Hetupratyaya); (数学) 乘; (佛教) 因明学 (Hetuvidya); 比况, 犹, 如同; (介词) 依照, 根据, 随着; (连词) 因而, 于是; 姻; (姓)
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Latest revision as of 05:34, 19 February 2019

[yīn] cause; 因​ because; ​因 reason; (HDZ:) ​, ​ …; ​沿, ​ …; (​)

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The Shuōwén Seal form of 因 yīn ‘because of, rely/depend on’ (great/prior ancestor/causality, old customs) combines ​ wéi ‘enclosure’ (bounds/scope), and ​ dà ‘big/great’ (extent, man with arms extended, spread wide): the arms extended define the bounds/limits of one's reach/influence; what one can reach, one can do/cause; what one has reached, one has influenced/caused; what reaches one, exerts its influence.
    Compare: ​ yīn ‘seat cushion/padding in a wagon; mat/mattress/bedding’; ​ yīn ‘betroth (marry off) a daughter’; ​ ēn ‘favor/grace/kindness’ (​).
    Compare: ​ qiú ‘imprison/prisoner’ (imprisoned because of a crime); ​(​𥁕) wēn ‘food/kindness to (enemy) prisoners; mild/gentle’.
    Compare: ​ kùn ‘old/walled farmstead/orchard’ (䷮).
    Older graphs associated with 因 are said to depict a ​ person lying on a ​ mattress, cf. ​ yīn ‘cushion/mattress’ (​).
    Compare: ​宿(​𠉦𠈇𡖕); ​𠩛(​) xí ‘(plaited/woven reed/rush/straw) sitting/sleeping mat’; ​𡜰(​𡞔), cf. ​.
    HDZ: 因 : yīn : (SW: ​) ​, ​ (因​; 因​) (cf. ​, ​); ​沿, ​ (因​, ​因) (cf. ​); ​, ​; ​, ​; ​因, ​ (​因, ​因, ​因, ​因​); (​) 因​ (Hetupratyaya); (​) ​; (​) 因​ (Hetuvidya); ​, ​, ​; (​) ​, ​, ​; (​) 因​, ​; ​; (​)
►references: Guǎngyùn:101.33; Wieger:60b; Karlgren:AD273,GSR370a; Hànyǔ Dà Zìdiǎn:1.711.9; Mathews:7407; Kāngxī Zìdiǎn:217.02; Bǐshùn Guīfàn:027.1.03; Wáng(1993):138; EDOC:1
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