故
gù HSK2

incident, happening, cause

故 gù
former place name
old, previous, or from the past

阔别多年后故地重游，他感到格外亲切。

kuò​bié duō nián hòu gù dì chóng​yóu, tā gǎn​dào gé​wài qīn​qiè.

Returning to his old haunts after many years away, he felt a special sense of familiarity.

die noun
to pass away or be deceased (typically of people)

那位德高望重的老教授已于去年年底病故。

nà wèi dé​gāo​wàng​zhòng de lǎo jiào​shòu yǐ yú qù​nián nián​dǐ bìng gù.

The highly respected old professor passed away at the end of last year.

intentional verb
done on purpose; deliberate

他这么做绝对是故意的。

tā zhè​me zuò jué​duì shì gù​yì de.

He did this absolutely on purpose.

reason adverb
a cause, motive, or reason

他因故缺席了昨晚的重要会议。

tā yīn gù quē​xí le zuó​wǎn de zhòng​yào huì​yì.

He was absent from last night's important meeting for some reason.

therefore conjunction
consequently; hence; for this reason

天气恶劣，故比赛取消了。

tiān​qì è​liè, gù bǐ​sài qǔ​xiāo le.

The weather was bad, so the match was canceled.

incident noun
an occurrence, happening, or accident

为了防止发生变故，我们要做好多手准备。

wèi​le fáng​zhǐ fā​shēng biàn​gù, wǒ​men yào zuò​hǎo duō​shǒu zhǔn​bèi.

To prevent any unforeseen changes, we need to prepare for all contingencies.

Frequency
Character
Written text
572nd most common 362.1 per million
Movie subtitles
577th most common 244.1 per million appears in 66% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
3.79 per million appears in 2% of films
Written text
60.0 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 3
HSK 3.0
Level 2
Strokes
9
Unicode
U+6545

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)