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故

Level VI of XX on the frequency path

Frequency rank 719 / 2,608

Circumstance

On’yomi
こ
Kun’yomi
ゆえ
Radical
攴 Rap, Tap (Kangxi 66)

Mid-frequency: not on every page, but regular in books and magazines.

More common than 志 (Intention), less common than 庭 (Garden).

Old on the left meets a scarecrow on the right — an old scarecrow stands in the field, its presence a circumstance of long-standing tradition.

In words

故 こ the late (deceased)N1
故障 こしょう・する to break-downN4
事故 じこ accidentN4

故 is rank 719 of 2,608 in published Japanese.

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