故

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Contents 1 Translingual 1.1 Han character 1.1.1 References 2 Cantonese 2.1 Hanzi 3 Japanese 3.1 Kanji 3.1.1 Readings 4 Korean 4.1 Hanja 5 Mandarin 5.1 Hanzi 5.1.1 Compounds 6 Vietnamese 6.1 Han character

[edit] Translingual

[edit] Han character

故 (radical 66 攴+5, 9 strokes, cangjie input 十口人大 (JROK), four-corner 4864₀)

1. ancient, old
2. reason, because

[edit] References

• KangXi: page 469, character 25
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 13161
• Dae Jaweon: page 820, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1453, character 5
• Unihan data for U+6545

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[edit] Cantonese

[edit] Hanzi

故 (Yale gu3)

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[edit] Japanese

[edit] Kanji

故 (grade 5 kanji)

1. late (deceased)

[edit] Readings

• On: こ (ko)
• Kun: ゆえ (yue), こと (koto), ことさらに (kotosarani)

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[edit] Korean

[edit] Hanja

故 (hangeul 고, revised go, McCune-Reischauer ko, Yale ko)

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[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Hanzi

故 (pinyin gǔ (gu3), gù (gu4), Wade-Giles ku³, ku⁴)

[edit] Compounds

• 故事
• 故意

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[edit] Vietnamese

[edit] Han character

故 (cố, cớ)