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故
gù
1. happening
2. instance
3. reason
4. cause
5. intentional
6. former
7. old
8. friend
9. therefore
10. hence
11. (of people) to die, dead
Very Common • Top 3% ✏️ 9 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

故
gù
reason, cause; happening, instance
HSK 3 9 丶

Compound Words (20)

世故
shìgù
the ways of the world
世故
shìgu
sophisticated
事故
shìgù
accident
HSK 6
亡故
wánggù
to die
何故
hégù
what for?
借故
jiègù
to find an excuse
典故
diǎngù
allusion (to classic story or saying)
原故
yuángù
variant of [[緣故|缘故<yuángù>]]
因故
yīngù
for some reason
如故
rúgù
as before
已故
yǐgù
the late
掌故
zhǎnggù
anecdote
推故
tuīgù
to find a pretext for refusing
故世
gùshì
to die
故事
gùshì
old practice
HSK 3
故事
gùshi
narrative
HSK 3
故云
gùyún
that's why it is called...
故交
gùjiāo
former acquaintance
故人
gùrén
old friend
故伎
gùjì
usual trick

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
3
Character Frequency Rank
571
Word Frequency Rank
2,841 of 84,292

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