Memory phrase for the Kanji: 去


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Meaning leave, go away, quit, finish

Pronunciation

KYO, KO
saru

Explanation

Top: earth , bottom: a nose (in side view)

Mnemonic


 
When the nose is below the earth, it has gone away - it is finished.

Radicals

leave, go awayWhen the nose is below the earth , it has gone away - it is finished.
earthground, soil
noseThis radical is typically understood as a nose in a sideview that is seen from the left.
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 Vocabulary

去る さる  to leave, to go away
去年 きょねん  last year
過去 かこ  the past, bygone days, the previous
消去 しょうきょ  elimination, erasing, dying out, melting away
立ち去る たちさる  to leave, to depart, to take one's leave

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