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故
🇹🇼🇭🇰🇨🇳🇯🇵🇰🇷

deliberately

HSK 7 N2
Communication →Language
gù
コ
ゆえ、ふる.い、もと
고
Phonosemantic compound. 攵 represents the meaning and 古 represents the sound.
Components
古 ancient+ 攵 tap =
故 deliberately
古 Phonetic component
gǔ ancient
old, classic, ancient
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攵 Meaning component
pū tap
rap, tap
攵 is a component form of 攴.
Notes
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Historical Evolution
Bronze Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Bronze
Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Bronze Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Bronze
Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Bronze Early Spring and Autumn (~700 BC)
Bronze
Early Spring and Autumn (~700 BC)
Bronze Late Warring States (~250 BC)
Bronze
Late Warring States (~250 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
故
Regular
Modern
Chinese
故 [gù]
happening; instance; reason; cause; intentional; former; old; friend; therefore; hence; (of people) to die, dead
Japanese
故 こ 同音
prefix the late; the deceased
故 ゆえ 同音
  1. noun usually kana reason; cause; circumstances; grounds
  2. conj. usually kana because of; as a result of
殊更 、 故 (old) ことさら 同音

adverb

  1. usually kana intentionally; deliberately; designedly; on purpose
  2. usually kana especially; particularly
Example Sentences
🇯🇵 (1)
その起源ゆえに、カナダ英語にはアメリカ英語とイギリス英語の両方の特徴がある。
Because of its origins, Canadian English has features of both American and British English.
CHINESE WORDS (186)
故事 [gù​shì] #510
old practice
事故 [shì​gù] #1,820
accident
故意 [gù​yì] #1,520
deliberately
故障 [gù​zhàng] #4,540
malfunction
缘故 [yuán​gù] #6,620
reason
缘故 [yuán​gù] #6,620
reason
故乡 [gù​xiāng] #9,222
home
故乡 [gù​xiāng] #9,222
home
无缘无故 [wú​yuán​wú​gù] #8,481
no cause, no reason (idiom); completely uncalled for
无缘无故 [wú​yuán​wú​gù] #8,481
no cause, no reason (idiom); completely uncalled for
176 more items
JAPANESE WORDS (151)
⭐ 古い [ふるい] #1,192
old
⭐ 事故 [じこ] #1,961
accident
⭐ 何故 [なぜ] #3,059
why
⭐ 何故か [なぜか] #3,570
somehow
⭐ 古 [いにしえ] #5,966
antiquity
⭐ 故障 [こしょう] #7,861
fault
⭐ 故に [ゆえに] #8,595
therefore
⭐ 交通事故 [こうつうじこ] #13,941
traffic accident
何故だか [なぜだか] #15,981
somehow
⭐ 何故なら [なぜなら] #17,091
because
141 more items
KOREAN WORDS (10)
사고 #1,504
accident
작고 #4,146
decease
교통사고 #12,741
traffic accident; car crash
고국
homeland; native country
고사성어
idiom originated in ancient event
고의
intention
무고
absence of trouble
무사고
being accident-free
변고
mishap; trouble
온고지신
reviewing the past and learning the new