故

gù

reason; cause; therefore; hence; deliberately; intentionally; old; former; long-standing; incident; accident; (of a person) to die, dead

Radical: 攵 HSK 7 c, g, n pictophonetic

Components & Etymology

故 decomposes into the following components:

古 攵

Semantic component: 攵; phonetic component: 古.

Words containing 故

Common multi-character words and phrases that include 故.

世故
shì gù
the ways of the world
事故
shì gù
accident
亡故
wáng gù
何故
hé gù
what for?
借故
jiè gù
to find an excuse
典故
diǎn gù
allusion (to classic story or saying)
原故
yuán gù
变故
biàn gù
an unforeseen event
因故
yīn gù
for some reason
如故
rú gù
已故
yǐ gù
the late
掌故
zhǎng gù
anecdote

Related characters (radical 攵)

Characters that share the radical 攵.

攵 收 攸 改 攻 放 政 敃 敄 效 敉 敏 救 敕 敖 敗 敘 教 敛 敝 敞 敢 散 敦

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