去 — kanji meaning “gone”
去
gone, past, quit, leave, elapse, eliminate, divorce
- Meanings
- gone, past, quit, leave, elapse, eliminate, divorce
- On'yomi
- キョ (kyo)、コ (ko)
- Kun'yomi
- さ.る、-さ.る
- Name readings
- い
- Strokes
- 5
- School grade
- 3
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 3
- Newspaper frequency
- #440 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 28
- Chinese reading
- qù — Chinese character page
Words with 去
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 過去 | かこ kako | the past; bygone days |
| 去年 | きょねん kyonen | last year |
| 死去 | しきょ shikyo | death; decease; passing away |
| 撤去 | てっきょ tekkyo | removal; taking away; dismantling (a building, facilities, etc.) |
| 去る | さる saru | to leave; to go away |
| 除去 | じょきょ jokyo | removal; getting rid of |
| 消去 | しょうきょ shoukyo | erasure; deletion; elimination |
| 退去 | たいきょ taikyo | departure; leaving; going away |
| 逝去 | せいきょ seikyo | death; passing |
| 置き去り | おきざり okizari | leaving behind; desertion; abandonment |
| 立ち去る | たちさる tachisaru | to leave; to depart; to take one's leave |
| 去勢 | きょせい kyosei | castration; neutering; gelding |
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