How to write 去 (qù, “to remove”)
去 (qù), an HSK 1 character, means “to remove”, “to go” and “to go to”. As a top-bottom character it splits into 土 (“earth”), strokes 1–3; 厶 (“private”, the radical), strokes 4–5, written the top first. On its own it is an HSK 1 word; it also forms 去年 (“last year”), 上去 (“to go up”) and 下去 (“to go down”). Japanese reads it kyo, “gone”, as a JLPT N4 kanji.
- Pinyin
- qù
- Strokes
- 5
- HSK
- 1
- Radical
- 厶 (“private”)
Stroke by stroke
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- Horizontal ㇐top leftrightwards
- Vertical ㇑topdownwards
- Horizontal ㇐leftrightwards
- Left-falling-turn ㇜centerdown and left → rightwards
- Dot ㇔bottomdown and right
Japanese and Chinese
Japanese and Chinese draw all 5 strokes in the same order and direction, by our stroke-by-stroke comparison.
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Pinyin and meaning
| Pinyin | Meanings | Traditional | In words |
|---|---|---|---|
| qù fourth tone | to remove; to go; to go to (a place); (of a time etc) last; just passed | — | 去年 上去 下去 出去 |
- HSK 2025 syllabus
- level 1
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- level 1
- HSK 2.0
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- Words with it
- 146 in CC-CEDICT
Words with 去
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 去 | qù | to go; to go to (a place) HSK 1 |
| 去年 | qùnián | last year HSK 1 |
| 上去 | shàngqù | to go up HSK 2 |
| 下去 | xiàqù | to go down; to descend HSK 2 |
| 出去 | chūqù | to go out HSK 2 |
| 回去 | huíqù | to return; to go back HSK 2 |
| 过去 過去 | guòqù | past; former HSK 2 |
| 进去 進去 | jìnqù | to go in HSK 2 |
| 失去 | shīqù | to lose HSK 4 |
| 去世 | qùshì | to pass away; to die HSK 5 |
HSK words first (CC-CEDICT).
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