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HSK 6
HSK 3
HSK 3
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)
Compound Words (20)
世故
shìgù
the ways of the world
世故
shìgu
sophisticated
事故
shìgù
accident
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
故事
gùshi
narrative
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