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故 means 'strike'

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Strokes : 9    Frequency: 715   JLPT: N1    Usefulness: 5    Study set: 5-5    Grade: 5   Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 40 words   Used in 119 words   Used in 41 names   Component in 1 kanji (0 Jōyō)
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Common readings
On
   コ
Kun
   ゆえ reason; deceased
Additional readings
Kun    もと   ふるい
Components
⿰  古 old  攵 strike  
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Most useful words by reading
In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 故 is used 5 times, read 2 ways.
Across all words in Japanese, 故 is used 109 times, read 4 ways (with 1 variation).
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コ : 91 words FIND ALL
じ こ 1
noun
1. accident; incident; trouble
2. circumstances; reasons
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コ (read as ご) : 2 words FIND ALL
ほ ご に す る 0
Most common form: 反古にする
1. to throw away as useless; to scrap
2. to make null and void; to renege; to annul; to revoke
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ゆえ : 11 words FIND ALL
ゆ え に 2
Most common form: ゆえに
conjunction
therefore; consequently  (often written with kana only)
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もと : 1 word FIND ALL
Most common form: 元
noun, 'no' adjective, adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (prefix)
former; ex-; past; one-time
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ふるい : 4 words FIND ALL
ふ る さ と 2
Most common form: ふるさと
noun
1. home town; birthplace; native place; one's old home  (often written with kana only)
2. ruins; historic remains  (archaic; this meaning is restricted to reading ふるさと)
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An additional 11 less common words include 故 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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Additional data
Henshall: 694 (originally: 668)  Joy o' Kanji : 668  Key to Kanji: 299 

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故
コ   strike   ゆえ reason; deceased   
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古
コ   ふるい old   -ふるす to grow old   
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十
ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
丨
stick   
口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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攵
ぼく strike   
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