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Kanji 去: meanings, readings, and example words.

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Kanji 去: gone, past, quit, leave, elapse, eliminate, divorce

Key takeaways

Kanji 去: gone, past, quit, leave, elapse, eliminate, divorce. Readings and core meaning.

See vocabulary and examples below.

Kanji at a glance

去
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Meaning

gonepastquitleaveelapseeliminatedivorce

On reading

キョコ

Kun reading

さ.る-さ.る

Radical

厶

Core meaning / core image

Core meaning: 去

gone, past, quit, leave, elapse, eliminate, divorce

Kanji structure breakdown

去

Structure breakdown

土 + 厶

Mnemonic story

Mnemonic story

Imagine burying your private (厶) affairs under the earth (土) and moving on. It symbolizes leaving things behind or the past, as if burying old memories in the soil to let them go.

On'yomi and kun'yomi

On reading

キョ
  • 消去しょうきょ

    elimination / erasing / removal

  • 過去かこ

    the past / bygone time / former

  • 去年きょねん

    last year

Kun reading

さ.る
  • 去るさる

    to leave / to go away

Commonly used words

  • 消去
    しょうきょ

    elimination / erasing / removal

  • 過去
    かこ

    the past / bygone time / former

  • 去年
    きょねん

    last year

  • 去る
    さる

    to leave / to go away

Example sentences

Example 1

不要なファイルを消去してください。

Translation

Please delete unnecessary files.

Example 2

記憶から昔の出来事を消去したい。

Translation

I want to erase old memories.

Example 3

過去の出来事を思い出す。

Translation

I remember events from the past.

Example 4

過去の経験が役に立った。

Translation

My past experience was helpful.

Kanji 去: gone, past, quit, leave, elapse, eliminate, divorce | Daily Nihongo