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故 gù — “old; reason”

How to write and say the Chinese character 故 (gù), which means old; reason — with stroke order, audio, its story, and an example sentence. Theme: Songs, games & stories.

Stroke order笔顺

故 is written with 9 strokes, in this order (the red stroke is the one being added):

The story behind it字源小故事

攵 (tap) hints at the meaning, and 古 lends its sound — together they make 故.

A common word常用词

Example sentence例句

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