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RTK / HeisigFrame #355

故

happenstance

Lv 26

Strokes: 9

JLPT: N1

Jƍyƍ: Grade 5

Meanings

happenstance RTKCircumstanceReason

Community Mnemonic

â–Č 657 votes

An old taskmaster is no happenstance (coincidence). The older you get the more rigid in your ways.

Source: Kanji Koohii community

Radical Components

On'yomi

こ

Kun'yomi

ゆえ