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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

Stroke order of 故, 9 strokes: each box adds one stroke, the red one is the stroke being written

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

ゆえ yue · kun reading · less common

Practise writing 故 in the app

In Dino Kids your child writes 故 with a finger and every stroke is checked, then takes the Level 5 practice test. Free, no ads, no in-app purchases.

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.