The kanji 故: meaning, readings and stroke order
故
- Meaning
- reason, accident
- On reading
- コ ko
- Kun reading
- ゆえ yue
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 攴 rap
- Level
- Level 5 · grade 5
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- lý do, sự cố (cố)
- Japanese
- わけ。おもいがけない できごと。
- Korean
- 까닭, 사고 (고)
- Chinese
- 缘故、事故
Readings, words and example sentences
コ ko · on reading
事故
accident
交通事故に 気を つけます。
I watch out for traffic accidents.
ゆえ yue · kun reading · less common
故
reason, cause
それ故に 行かない ことに しました。
For that reason, I decided not to go.
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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.