Memory phrase for the Kanji: 故
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故 |
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Meaning
| reason, past, cause, circumstances
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Pronunciation |
KO
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Explanation |
Left: old 古 (tomb stone), right: to strike 攵 (hand 又 with a stick ノ) |
Mnemonic
| When the old (man) strikes, there is a reason in the past.
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Radicals
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古
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old | Picture of a gravestone |
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攵
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Stick in a hand | The radical nobun shows a hand  or 又 that holds a stick ノ (simplified from the Chinese radical 66 攴 for whip or rap.) |
Tip: Go to the radicals that are contained in this character and learn all the characters with this radical systematically!
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Vocabulary
| 故 |
ゆえ |
reason, cause, circumstances |
| 故障 |
こしょう |
break-down, failure, accident, out of order |
| 故に |
ゆえに |
therefore, consequently |
| 事故 |
じこ |
accident, incident, trouble |
| 故人 |
こじん |
the deceased, old friend |
| 故郷 |
こきょう |
home town, birthplace, native place |
| 故郷 |
ふるさと |
home town, birthplace |
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