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

Related kanji

N2 敬 kei, kyou / uyama.u awe, respect, honor N1 敢 kan / a.ete, a.enai, a.ezu daring, brave, bold N1 敦 ton, tai, dan, chou / atsu.i industry, kindliness, bondad N3 数 suu, su, saku, soku, shu / kazu, kazo.eru, shibashiba, se.meru, wazurawa.shii number, strength, fate N1 敷 fu / shi.ku, -shi.ki spread, pave, sit N1 敵 teki / kataki, ada, kana.u enemy, foe, opponent N1 整 sei / totono.eru, totono.u organize, arranging, tune

Words with this kanji

N1 故～ ko～ deceased, late N1 故 yue reason, cause, circumstances N3 故郷 kokyou hometown, birthplace, native place N3 故人 kojin deceased person, late person N4 故障 koshou breakdown, malfunction N4 事故 jiko accident, incident

Sentences with this kanji

N1 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 N5 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.