go away

Depicts opening the mouth () wide () to let a yawn leave the mouth. Original form of .

Components
大 meaning component

  Meaning component

dài

  

big

口 iconic component

  Iconic component

kǒu

  

mouth

Evolution

去 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
去 Bronze script Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)

Bronze script

Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
去 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
去 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
去 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

go away, leave, depart; to go; to go to (a place); (of a time etc) last; just passed; to send; to remove; to get rid of; to reduce; to be apart from in space or time; to die (euphemism); to play (a part); (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth; (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker); (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation)

Most common words with 去
Freq.
Word
Meaning

to go

过去

former

去年

last year

出去

to go out

下去

to go down

Component uses

Meaning component in 4 characters (2 verified)

Sound component in 11 characters (4 verified)

Iconic component in 1 character (1 verified)

Simplified component in 1 character (1 verified)