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故

happenstance
Stroke count: 9

Readings

On readingコ
Kun readingゆえ、ふる.い、もと
Grade 5KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. happenstanceRtK
  2. especially
  3. intentionally
  4. reason
  5. cause
  6. circumstances
  7. the late
  8. therefore

Popular Usage

RadicalComponents

Mnemonic (RtK)

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old (古) · tombstone · gravestone · church · ten (十) · needle (丨) · mouth (口) · taskmaster

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 355

Compound words

故事付けるこじつける
to distort
其れ故にそれゆえに
and so
何故ならなぜなら
because
何故ならばなぜならば
because
エンジン故障エンジンこしょう
engine failure
縁故えんこ
relation
何故かと言うとなぜかというと
the reason is that ...

Stroke Order

9 strokes

Kanji JLPTN5 KanjiN4 KanjiN3 KanjiN2 KanjiN1 Kanji
Verbs JLPTN5 VerbsN4 VerbsN3 VerbsN2 VerbsN1 Verbs
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