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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 何故

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
何故 hé gù - what for?
- what's the reason?

List Ranking for: 何故

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2025) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 17,464 29,165 23,461

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
何 hé- surname He
何 hé- what
- how
- why
- which
- carry
故 gù- happening
- instance
- reason
- cause
- intentional
- former
- old
- friend
- therefore
- hence
- (of people) to die, dead

Other Words Containing 何故

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2025) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
何故 - - 17,464 29,165 23,461