Onyomi: キョ, コ · Kunyomi: -さ.る, さ.る · Meanings: divorce, elapse, eliminate, gone, leave, past, quit
Kanji for divorce, elapse, eliminate, gone, leave
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The kanji 去 shows a person moving away from a place, with strokes suggesting motion and distance. In ancient times, it represented leaving, going away, or removing something. 去 came to mean “to leave,” “to go away,” or “past,” capturing movement away from a point or the passage of time.
A person moving away — 去 means to leave, go away, or indicate the past.
Imagine walking away from a place into the distance — that’s 去, the kanji for leaving or the past.
| Word | Reading | Meaning | Meta |
|---|---|---|---|
| 去年 | きょねん | last year | common JLPT-N5 Noun, Adverb (fukushi) |
| 去る | さる | to leave, to go away | common JLPT-N3 Godan verb with 'ru' ending, Intransitive verb |
| 往なす | いなす | to parry, to sidestep, to dodge | Godan verb with 'su' ending, Transitive verb |
| 去勢 | きょせい | castration, neutering, gelding, sterilization | Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb |
| 去就 | きょしゅう | leaving or staying | common Noun |
| 去来 | きょらい | coming and going, recurring (esp. thoughts) | Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verb |
| 去勢手術 | きょせいしゅじゅつ | surgical castration, castration surgery, neutering, orchiectomy, orchidectomy | Noun |
| 去勢牛 | きょせいうし | ox, bullock | Noun |
| 去られん坊 | さられんぼう | divorcing woman | Noun |
| 去校 | きょこう | leaving school (due to transfer) | Noun, Suru verb |
| 去声 | きょしょう | falling tone (in Chinese) | Noun |
| 去り際 | さりぎわ | (moment of) departure, (upon) leaving, retirement | Noun, Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no' |
| 去勢不安 | きょせいふあん | castration anxiety | Noun |
| 去年末 | きょねんまつ | end of last year | Noun |
| 去月 | きょげつ | last month | Noun, Adverb (fukushi) |