Kanji

Level: N1 Strokes: 9

故

Meaning in English

happenstance, especially, intentionally

Readings

Onyomi: コ Kunyomi: ゆえ, ふる.い, もと Romaji: ko / yue, furu.i, moto

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故

Translations in other languages:

Portuguese por acaso, especialmente, intencionalmente

Spanish casualidad, especialmente, intencionalmente

Korean 우연, 특히 의도적으로

French le hasard, et surtout, intentionnellement

Italian caso fortuito, soprattutto intenzionalmente

German Zufall, insbesondere absichtlich

Indonesian kebetulan, terutama, disengaja

★ Vietnamese sự tình cờ, đặc biệt là, cố ý

Thai โดยบังเอิญ โดยเฉพาะอย่างยิ่ง โดยเจตนา

Kanji

Related kanji

N3 政 sei, shou / matsurigoto, man politics, government, politique N3 放 hou / hana.su, -ppana.shi, hana.tsu, hana.reru, ko.ku, hou.ru set free, release, fire N1 敏 bin / satoi cleverness, agile, alert N4 教 kyou / oshi.eru, oso.waru teach, faith, doctrine N2 改 kai / arata.meru, arata.maru reformation, change, modify N3 敗 hai / yabu.reru failure, defeat, reversal N1 救 kyuu / suku.u salvation, save, help N1 攻 kou / se.meru aggression, attack, criticize N3 散 san / chi.ru, chi.rasu, -chi.rasu, chi.rakasu, chi.rakaru, chi.rabaru, bara, bara.keru scatter, disperse, spend

Word

Words with this kanji

N4 故障 koshou breakdown, malfunction N4 事故 jiko accident, incident

Sentence

Sentences with this kanji

N3 このまま放置すると大きな事故になる恐れがある Kono mama houchi suru to ookina jiko ni naru osore ga aru If left like this it may cause a major accident N4 事故のため電車が遅れました。 Jiko no tame densha ga okuremashita. The train was delayed because of an accident.