故

Information about character(s)

Radical: 攴
Radical Strokes: 4
Additional Strokes: 5
Total Strokes: 9

Pronunciation

Pinyin: gù
Cantonese: gu3
JapaneseKun: YUE KOTO KOTOSARANI
JapaneseOn: KO
Korean: KO
Vietnamese: cố

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: ancient, old; reason, because

CE-Dict: happening/instance/reason/cause/intentional/former/old/friend/therefore/hence/(of people) to die, dead

Soothill: Old, of old; from of old; cause; purposely; to die; tr. pūrva.

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.former; old; late
2.causes; reasons
3.intentionally
4.therefore
5.a happening; an event
6.to die

朗道漢英字典 - Lang Dao: reason; cause; hence; therefore; die; former; old; friend; happening
on purpose

懶蟲簡明漢英詞典: reason; cause; hence; therefore; die; former; old; friend; happening; on purpose

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《攴部》故使為之也。从攴古聲。

康熙字典文字版 【卯集下】【攴字部】故
【廣韻】【集韻】【韻會】【正韻】𠀤古暮切，音顧。【說文】使爲之也。【註】徐鍇曰：故使之也。　又【廣韻】事也。【易·繫辭】是故知幽明之故。【疏】故，謂事也。　又【廣韻】舊也。【易·雜卦】革，去故也。鼎，取新也。【周禮·天官·大宰】以八統詔王馭萬民，二曰敬故。【註】不慢舊也。　又【書·大禹謨】𠛬故無小。【傳】故犯雖小，必𠛬。　又【禮·曲禮·疏】故者，承上起下之語。　又【禮·檀弓】非有大故，不宿於外。【註】大故，謂喪憂。　又【前漢·藝文志】魯故二十五卷。【註】師古曰：故者，通其指義也。今流俗毛詩，攺故訓傳爲詁字，失眞。　又【前漢·蘇武傳】前以降及物故，凡隨武還者九人。【註】師古曰：物故，謂死也。言其同於鬼物而故也。　又【荀子·王霸篇】不隆本行，不敬舊法，而好詐故。【註】故，巧也。　又【韻補】叶攻乎切，辜也。【賈誼·弔屈原文】般紛紛其離此尤兮，亦夫子之故也。歷九州而相其君兮，何必懷此都也。○按《史記》故作辜。　又叶果五切。【東方朔·客難】悉力慕之，困於衣食，或失門戸，使蘇秦，張儀與僕𠀤生於今之世，曾不得掌故。【說文】从攴作故。故字原从攴作。

朱芾煌:法相辭典 世親釋五卷十五頁雲：故者：是由此因義。

Buddhism words and phrases reason, cause, circumstances

CF-Dict: incident/cause/à dessein/exprès/raison/ancien/mourir

Han-De-Dict: daher, deshalb (u.E.)