Character etymology for Elementary - Keys, Wallet, Phone 去

September 13, 2008, 12:01 PM posted in General Discussion

Another simple character but also very frequent one is 去,qù, to go away. This is today’s lesson.

Character: 去

Traditional form: 去

Pinyin: qù

Meaning: go away, leave, depart

Frequency: 52

Strokes: 5

Decomposition:

土 tǔ, earth + 厶 sī, private,secret

Radical part: 厶 sī,

Radical meaning: private, secret

Stroke animation: (the strokes are drawn the direction the picture is tipping)

Etymology:

It is believed to be a man over the exit of a dwelling cave. Hence the meaning to go away, leave the cave or home.

Link to nciku usage of the character 在 :

Example words:

过去 guò qu (in the) past / former / previous / to go over / to pass by

下去 xià qu to go down / to descend / to go on / to continue

上去 shàng qù to go up

离去 lí qù to leave / to exit

死去 sǐ qù to die

进去 jìn qù to go in

从去年 cóng qù nián since last year

抹去 mǒ qù to erase

辞去 cí qù to resign / to quit

带去 dài qu bring away

免去职务 miǎn qù zhí wù to relieve from office / to sack

去国外 qù guó wài to go abroad

失去意识 shī qù yì shí unconscious

过去经验 guò qu jīng yàn past experience

去垢剂 qù gòu jì detergent

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