去 qù go


Used as component 去 in :法 fǎ Made up of [厶 sī private; secret; selfish radical 28, 土 tǔ earth; soil radical 32]
Made with 5 strokes.
Origin from a cover over a hidden or empty vessel. When the lid is lifted the secret 'goes'
Ancient small seal form Small seal

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Also uses 厶 sī component: 公 gōng (public) 么 me (what) 能 néng (to be able to) 台 tái (typhoon) 雄 xióng (male) 云 yún (cloud) 至 zhì (to arrive)
Also uses 土 tǔ component: 场 cháng (threshing floor) 城 chéng (city) 地 dì (earth) 圭 guī (jade tablet) 圭 guī (jade tablet) 黑 hēi (black) 疆 jiāng (border) 块 kuài (piece) 里 lǐ (inside) 陵 líng (mound) 丧 sàng (to lose) 圣 shèng (holy) 寺 sì (Buddhist temple) 在 zài (exist) 至 zhì (to arrive) 周 zhōu (circuit) 走 zǒu (walk) 座 zuò (seat) 坐 zuò (sit)

Different tone

取 qǔ (to take)

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Pronunciation

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stroke order for 去
Stroke order for character 去, kindly provided under Wikimedia creative commons license ➚

Phrases

我 去 中 国 wǒ qù zhōng guó I am going to China
他 去 那 儿 了 tā qù nà r le Where has he gone?
他 们 明 年 去 美 国 tā mén míng nián qù měi guó They are going to America next year
你 要 去 那 儿 nǐ yào qù nà r Where do you want to go?