to go; to go to (a place); (of a time etc) last; just passed; to send; to remove; to get rid of; to reduce; to be apart from in space or time; to die (euphemism); to play (a part); (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth; (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker); (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation)

Radical: 厶 HSK 1 v

Components & Etymology

去 decomposes into the following components:

Words containing 去

Common multi-character words and phrases that include 去.

上去
shàng qù
下去
xià qù
仙去
xiān qù
偷去
tōu qù
减去
jiǎn qù
出去
chū qù
删去
shān qù
占去
zhàn qù
去世
qù shì
去信
qù xìn
去冰
qù bīng
去势
qù shì

Related characters (radical 厶)

Characters that share the radical .

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