ChiramiN4 kanji · 5 strokes
去 means leave, past
去
土 ground · 厶 your own things
去Memory trick
Leaving the ground (土) with your own things (厶): gone, past.
Memory trick: a picture to help you remember the kanji, not its history.
Meaning and readings
- Meanings
- gone, past, quit, leave
- JLPT level
- N4
- Strokes
- 5
- School grade
- Grade 3 in Japan
Japanese (kunyomi) さる saru
さる (saru) is the Japanese word for this kanji. You use it when the kanji stands alone or has kana after it. Dictionaries call this the kun reading.
From Chinese (onyomi) キョ kyo
キョ (kyo) came from Chinese with the character. You mostly hear it in words made of several kanji. Dictionaries call this the on reading.
Other readings from Chinese: コ ko
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Common word
去年 きょねん · kyonen
last year
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Quick check
What does 去 mean?
Right: 去 means leave, past.Not quite: 去 means leave, past.In 去年, which reading does 去 use?
Right. 去年 is read きょねん (kyonen): 去 takes キョ, its reading from Chinese.Not quite. 去年 is read きょねん (kyonen): 去 takes キョ, its reading from Chinese.