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去

Past
Stroke count: 5

Readings

On readingキョ、コ
Kun readingさ.る
JLPT level: N4JōyōGrade 3Level 4

Verbs with «去»

去る除去する撤去する立ち去る消去する

Meanings

  1. past
  2. divorce
  3. elapse
  4. eliminate
  5. goneRtK
  6. leave
  7. quit
  1. to leave
  2. to go away
  3. to pass
  4. to elapse
  5. to be distant

Popular Usage

去年過去去る

Radicals and components

Radical厶private
Components
How it's built
去
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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soil (土) · dirt (土) · ground (土) · elbow

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 812

Compound words

去年きょねん
last year
過去かこ
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit
去るさる
to leave; to go away; to pass; to elapse; to be distant
去就きょしゅう
leaving or staying; (one's) course of action; (one's) position; (one's) attitude
去来きょらい
coming and going; recurring (esp. thoughts)
死去しきょ
death; decease; passing away
除去じょきょ
removal; getting rid of
消去しょうきょ
erasure; deletion; elimination; clearing; elimination (of variables)
逝去せいきょ
death; passing
退去たいきょ
departure; leaving; going away; evacuation; recession
撤去てっきょ
removal; taking away; dismantling (a building, facilities, etc.); withdrawal (of troops)
立ち去るたちさる
to leave; to depart; to take one's leave
連れ去るつれさる
to take (someone) away; to carry off; to abduct; to kidnap
置き去りおきざり
leaving behind; desertion; abandonment
去月きょげつ
last month
去痰きょたん
expectoration
薨去こうきょ
death (of a nobleman, Imperial family member, etc.)
引去るひきさる
to retreat
過去るすぎさる
to pass
過去形かこけい
past tense
過去帳かこちょう
(family) death register
去なすいなす
to parry
去痰薬きょたんやく
expectorant
消去法しょうきょほう
(process of) elimination

Kun Reading Examples

警察官の姿を見て、彼はたちまち逃げ去った。にげさる
As soon as he saw the policeman, he ran away.tatoeba

Additional Examples

彼は悲しそうな顔つきをして立ち去っていった。
He walked away with a sad look on his face.tatoeba
彼は彼女の目を覗き込むと、突然立ち去った。
He looked into her eyes and suddenly went away.tatoeba
彼は日本を去り二度と帰ってこなかった。
He left Japan never to come back.tatoeba
彼は突然立ち上がり、その部屋から歩き去りました。
He got up suddenly and walked out of the room.tatoeba
然る間、去年窮冬下旬八日、図らざるに火あり。
Meanwhile, a fire broke out in the city of Nara on the eighth of December (old lunar calendar) last year.wiki
讃岐権守を去る。
This caused him to resign from his post as deputy governor of Sanuki.wiki
備後権介を去る。
Resigned as Bingo gon no suke (provisional assistant governor of Bingo Province).wiki

Stroke Order

5 strokes

Leave; past. 土 (ground) + 厶 — leaving a place; what has gone is the past.

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