U+56E0 "因" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+56E0 "因" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that fundamentally means "cause," "reason," "because of," or "due to," and it also carries the meaning of "to rely on" or "according to" in classical contexts. Structurally, the character is composed of the radical for "enclosure" (囗) surrounding the element for "big" or "great" (大), which visually suggests something enclosed or contained, often interpreted as a person trapped or confined by circumstances. In modern usage, it is a core component in compound words such as "原因" (yuányīn, meaning "cause" or "reason"), "因为" (yīnwèi, meaning "because"), and "因素" (yīnsù, meaning "factor"). As part of the CJK Unified Ideographs block, it serves as a key semantic unit across Chinese, Japanese, and Korean scripts, reflecting its foundational role in expressing causal relationships and logical connections in East Asian languages.
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
因 |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
因 |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xE5 0x9B 0xA0 |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0x56E0 |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x000056E0 |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\u56e0 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive |
A65D |
| kCCCII |
213767 |
| kCNS1986 |
1-475E |
| kCNS1992 |
1-475E |
| kCangjie |
WK |
| kCantonese |
jan1 |
| kCowles |
5107 |
| kDaeJaweon |
0444.030 |
| kDefinition |
cause, reason; by; because (of) |
| kEACC |
213767 |
| kFanqie |
於眞 |
| kFenn |
771A |
| kFennIndex |
628.08 |
| kFourCornerCode |
6043.0 |
| kGB0 |
5082 |
| kGB1 |
5082 |
| kGradeLevel |
2 |
| kGSR |
0370a |
| kHangul |
인:0E |
| kHanYu |
10711.090 |
| kHanyuPinlu |
yīn(1919) |
| kHanyuPinyin |
10711.090:yīn |
| kHKGlyph |
0720 |
| kIICore |
AGTJHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon |
0444.030 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian |
10711.090 |
| kIRGKangXi |
0217.020 |
| kIRG_GSource |
G0-5272 |
| kIRG_HSource |
HB1-A65D |
| kIRG_JSource |
J0-3078 |
| kIRG_KPSource |
KP0-FCCA |
| kIRG_KSource |
K0-6C57 |
| kIRG_TSource |
T1-475E |
| kIRG_VSource |
V1-503D |
| kJapanese |
イン よる ちなみ ちなむ よって |
| kJoyoKanji |
2010 |
| kKoreanEducationHanja |
2007 |
| kTGH |
2013:430 |
| kJapaneseKun |
YORU CHINAMU YOTTE |
| kJapaneseOn |
IN |
| kJis0 |
1688 |
| kKangXi |
0217.020 |
| kKarlgren |
273 |
| kKorean |
IN |
| kLau |
3317 |
| kMainlandTelegraph |
0936 |
| kMandarin |
yīn |
| kMatthews |
7407 |
| kMeyerWempe |
3813 |
| kMojiJoho |
MJ008822 |
| kMorohashi |
04693 |
| kNelson |
1026 |
| kPhonetic |
1480 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 |
C+1212+31.3.3 C+1212+37.3.3 |
| kRSUnicode |
31.3 |
| kSBGY |
101.33 |
| kSMSZD2003Index |
124.01 148.07 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings |
yīn粵jan1 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph |
0936 |
| kTang |
*qin |
| kTGHZ2013 |
436.070:yīn |
| kTotalStrokes |
6 |
| kUnihanCore2020 |
GHJKMPT |
| kVietnamese |
nhân |
| kXerox |
241:251 |
| kXHC1983 |
1375.010:yīn |