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
Related characters
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)Pronunciation
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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?