EntryCommon
  1. Noun

    fate; destiny

    早くこの世を去ったのも彼女の因縁だ。
    It was her fate to die young.
  2. connection; tie; bond; origin

  3. pretext; justification

  4. hetu and prataya (direct causes and indirect conditions, which underlie the actions of all things)

    Buddhism

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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

cause, factor, be associated with, depend on, be limited to

Kun
よ.るちな.む
On
イン
Strokes
6
Taught
Grade 5
JLPT
N3
Frequency
636 of 2500
Radical
enclosure
WaniKani
Level 17

Built from

Used in names as

Dictionary and index codes (33)
CodeReference
3-3-3SKIP code
3s3.2The Kanji Dictionary
6043.0Four corner code
1463deroo
56e0Unicode hex code
1-16-88JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1026Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
939New Nelson (John Haig)
3054New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3792Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1936Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2629Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
583Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
626Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
646A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
311Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
462Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
4693Morohashi
614A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
554Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
563Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
548sakade
420Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
643henshall3
655Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
485crowley
406Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
337Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
590Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
yin1Pinyin reading
inKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
17WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

affinity, relation, connection, edge, border, verge, brink

Kun
ふちふち.どるゆかりよすがへりえにし
On
エン-ネン
Strokes
15
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N1
Frequency
1291 of 2500
Radical
silk
WaniKani
Level 44

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (30)
CodeReference
1-6-9SKIP code
6a9.10The Kanji Dictionary
2793.2Four corner code
2751deroo
7e01Unicode hex code
1-17-79JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
3585Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
4553New Nelson (John Haig)
1386New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1754Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
940Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1269Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1372Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1472Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1362A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2660Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1244Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
27656PMorohashi
1030A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1131Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1183Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1641Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1790Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
732Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1548Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1384Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
yuan2Pinyin reading
yeon, danKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
44WaniKani level