Read Edit View history Discussion 故 gù HSK2 incident, happening, cause Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 攵 represents the meaning and 古 represents the sound. Pinyin Separate values with commas gù × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 故 Simp strokes 故 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint 攵 is a component form of 攴. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 故 Simp strokes 故 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 故 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 94, 475 ], [ 129, 469 ], [ 165, 472 ], [ 292, 496 ], [ 443, 538 ], [ 469, 541 ], [ 495, 535 ] ], [ [ 298, 761 ], [ 346, 717 ], [ 346, 697 ], [ 318, 356 ], [ 314, 342 ], [ 295, 321 ] ], [ [ 158, 303 ], [ 187, 277 ], [ 191, 264 ], [ 228, 63 ] ], [ [ 224, 279 ], [ 241, 292 ], [ 292, 301 ], [ 353, 321 ], [ 397, 326 ], [ 427, 299 ], [ 400, 208 ], [ 377, 193 ] ], [ [ 246, 123 ], [ 256, 136 ], [ 371, 163 ], [ 437, 157 ] ], [ [ 615, 806 ], [ 634, 794 ], [ 658, 764 ], [ 641, 705 ], [ 599, 599 ], [ 544, 490 ], [ 477, 395 ] ], [ [ 574, 492 ], [ 597, 502 ], [ 711, 520 ], [ 811, 551 ], [ 872, 556 ] ], [ [ 663, 478 ], [ 702, 448 ], [ 667, 315 ], [ 639, 251 ], [ 601, 194 ], [ 560, 153 ], [ 502, 112 ], [ 430, 82 ] ], [ [ 506, 374 ], [ 550, 349 ], [ 696, 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