故 happenstance

Meaning	happenstance; especially; intentionally; reason
On	コ
Kun	ゆえ、ふる.い、もと
Strokes	9
First met	N4 lesson 9, in 故障

Stroke order

Words

Word	Reading	Meaning	Level
故障	こしょう	breakdown, malfunction	N4
大事故	だいじこ	major accident	N3
事故	じこ	accident	N3
故郷	こきょう	native province, ancestral home territory	N1

Examples

何(なに)っ、温泉(おんせん)の元栓(もとせん)の故障(こしょう)か！熱湯(ねっとう)が外(そと)へ漏(も)れていると火傷(やけど)の恐(おそ)れがあって極(きわ)めて危険(きけん)だ！

What, a breakdown of the main hot spring valve?! If scalding water is leaking outside, there's danger of burns and it's extremely hazardous! (N4 lesson 9)