故 (gù): happening; instance; reason; cause; intentional; former; old; friend; therefore; hence; (of people) to die, dead

Character info

Pinyin

gù

Meaning

happening; instance; reason; cause; intentional; former; old; friend; therefore; hence; (of people) to die, dead

Characters

1

Part of speech

adverb, conjunction

HSK level

HSK 7

Strokes

9

Radical

攵

Structure

左右结构

Chinese explanation

• 表示事情、原因或旧有的事物。常见意思有：缘故、原因
• 意外的事情或变故
• 旧的、原来的
• 朋友、熟人
• 因此、所以
• 故意、有意。古文中也常表示“所以”或“因此”，用来连接结果。