U+6545 "故" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

故

U+6545 "故" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that carries the core meaning of "reason," "cause," or "intentional," while also extending to concepts like "old," "former," or "deceased" depending on context. It is composed of the radical 攵 (or 攴, meaning "to strike" or "action") alongside 古 (meaning "ancient" or "old"), reflecting a historical connection between past events and their resulting consequences. In modern Chinese and Japanese usage, it appears in common words such as 故事 (gùshi, meaning "story"), 原因 (yuányīn, meaning "reason"), and 故郷 (kokyō or gùxiāng, meaning "hometown"). This character is classified under the CJK Unified Ideographs block and is widely used across East Asian languages to denote causality, antiquity, or familiarity.

General Properties

Code Point	U+6545
Version Added	1.1
Name	CJK Unified Ideograph-#
Block	CJK Unified Ideographs
General Category	Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	故
HTML Hex Encoding	故
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE6 0x95 0x85
UTF-16 Encoding	0x6545
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00006545
C/C++/Java Escape	\u6545

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check	Yes
NFD Quick Check	Yes
NFKC Quick Check	Yes
NFKD Quick Check	Yes
Numeric Type	None
Numeric Value	NaN
Line Break	Ideographic
East Asian Width	Wide
Script	Han
Script Extensions	Han
Indic Syllabic Category	Other
ID Start	Yes
XID Start	Yes
ID Continue	Yes
XID Continue	Yes
Alphabetic	Yes
Vertical Orientation	Upright
Grapheme Base	Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break	Other
Word Break	Other
Sentence Break	OLetter
Ideographic	Yes
Unified Ideograph	Yes

Unihan Properties

kBigFive	AC47
kCCCII	214242
kCNS1986	1-514A
kCNS1992	1-514A
kCangjie	JROK
kCantonese	gu3
kCihaiT	601.501
kCowles	1809
kDaeJaweon	0820.050
kDefinition	ancient, old; reason, because
kEACC	214242
kFanqie	古暮
kFenn	702C
kFennIndex	261.09
kFourCornerCode	4864.0
kGB0	2542
kGB1	2542
kGradeLevel	1
kGSR	0049i
kHangul	고:0E
kHanYu	21453.050
kHanyuPinlu	gù(416)
kHanyuPinyin	21453.050:gù
kHKGlyph	1706
kIICore	AGTJHKMP
kIRGDaeJaweon	0820.050
kIRGHanyuDaZidian	21453.050
kIRGKangXi	0469.250
kIRG_GSource	G0-394A
kIRG_HSource	HB1-AC47
kIRG_JSource	J0-384E
kIRG_KPSource	KP0-CFE4
kIRG_KSource	K0-4D3A
kIRG_TSource	T1-514A
kIRG_VSource	V1-577C
kJapanese	コクゆえことことさらにふるいもともとよりゆえにわざと
kJoyoKanji	2010
kKoreanEducationHanja	2007
kTGH	2013:1418
kJapaneseKun	YUE KOTO KOTOSARANI
kJapaneseOn	KO
kJis0	2446
kKangXi	0469.250
kKarlgren	421
kKorean	KO
kLau	1065
kMainlandTelegraph	2399
kMandarin	gù
kMatthews	3455
kMeyerWempe	1266
kMojiJoho	MJ012967
kMorohashi	13161
kNelson	2044
kPhonetic	753
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6	C+1922+66.4.5
kRSUnicode	66.5
kSBGY	368.29
kSMSZD2003Index	276.01
kSMSZD2003Readings	gù粵gu3
kTaiwanTelegraph	2399
kTang	*gò
kTGHZ2013	119.060:gù
kTotalStrokes	9
kUnihanCore2020	GHJKMPT
kVietnamese	cố
kXerox	242:140
kXHC1983	0400.080:gù