故
故 — go
Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).
- Korean reading
- 연고 고
- Romanization
- go
- English
- ancient, old; reason, because
- Mandarin
- gù
- Japanese on'yomi
- コ, ク
- Japanese kun'yomi
- ゆえ ふる.い もと
- Japanese usage
- Jōyō kanji
- School grade
- Grade 5
- Newspaper frequency
- #612 of 2,500
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 攴 (66, 5 residual)
- Phonetic component
- 古(고)
- Unicode
- U+6545
Parts that make up 故
- 古 예 고sound 방패와 입옛것. ‘고’ 계열의 소리로 자주 쓴다
- 攵 variant of 攴 손에 든 막대기치고 때려 시키는 일. 오른쪽에서 攵 으로 쓴다
How 故 was formed
Traditional analysis treats 故 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 古, 攴.
Korean example words with 故
- 고토故土 Korean gloss: 고향 땅
- 고인故人 Korean gloss: 죽은 사람
- 연고緣故 Korean gloss: 일의 까닭
- 하고何故 Korean gloss: 무슨 까닭
- 고부故夫 Korean gloss: 본래의 남편
- 별고別故 Korean gloss: 특별한 사고
- 고지故地 Korean gloss: 이전에 살던 곳
- 고처故處 Korean gloss: 예전에 살던 곳
- 병고病故 Korean gloss: 병에 걸리는 일
- 상고喪故 Korean gloss: 사람이 죽은 사고
- 무고無故 Korean gloss: 아무런 까닭이 없음
- 고구故舊 Korean gloss: 사귄 지 오래된 친구
Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)
Japanese words with 故
- 事故じこ accident; incident; trouble
- 故障こしょう fault; trouble; breakdown
- 故郷ふるさと hometown; birthplace; native place
- 交通事故こうつうじこ traffic accident
- 故人こじん the deceased; the departed; old friend
- 故意こい intent; intention; bad faith
- 故国ここく one's native land
- 故事こじ historical event; ancient event; tradition
- 故にゆえに therefore; consequently
- 縁故えんこ relation; connection; affinity
- 何故なにゆえ why
- 無事故むじこ without accident
Characters sharing the phonetic 古
Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “고” in Korean.
Other hanja read “고”
Other hanja with radical 攴
Some glosses are machine-generated. Sources and licences are listed together — sources and licences