故 (gù) — Chinese Character

故

gù

happening; instance; reason; cause; intentional; former; old; friend; therefore; hence; (of people) 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.

Common multi-character words and phrases that include 故.

世故

shì gù

世故

shì gu

事故

shì gù

亡故

wáng gù

何故

hé gù

借故

jiè gù

典故

diǎn gù

原故

yuán gù

变故

biàn gù

因故

yīn gù

如故

rú gù

已故

yǐ gù

Characters that share the radical 攵.

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