Amazing Chinese Characters (777) Because - 因

The shell bone script of character Because is

The middle is character Big (Post 76), meaning a person opens his arms and legs. The big rectangle is a bed mat for him to sleep. People sleep in the same bed mat every night, each one has his own bed mat where is his base, and his original. I guess that the bed mat was different according to the person's social status at that time to distinguish people. People believed that a person became what he was due to his original, here is the bed mat.

The bronze script of character Because is

Similar to shell bone script.

The small seal script of character Because is

Similar to older scripts, but more smooth, and symmetrical.

The clerical script of character Because is

All lines are straight now.

Pinyin of character Because is Yin1.