The kanji 去: meaning, readings and stroke order
去
- Meaning
- leave, past
- On reading
- キョ kyo、コ ko
- Kun reading
- さ(る) saru
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 厶 private
- Level
- Level 3 · grade 3
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- rời đi, đã qua (khứ)
- Japanese
- さる。すぎさった。
- Korean
- 떠나다, 지나간 (거)
- Chinese
- 离开、过去
Readings, words and example sentences
キョ kyo · on reading
去年
last year
去年の 夏は とても あつかったです。
Last summer was very hot.
コ ko · on reading · less common
過去
the past
過去の 話は しません。
I don't talk about the past.
さ(る) saru · kun reading
去る
to leave
友だちが この 町を 去りました。
My friend left this town.
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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.