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
noseIs typically understood as a nose in a sideview which is directed to 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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