to go; to leave; to remove; to get rid of (去皮); (after a verb) away; off (上去, 进去); past (去年)
去 is to go — away from here; it also takes things away, as in 去皮.
GF0025–2021 character list · 一级WHOLE GLYPH & STRUCTURE
The header combines 会意 and 形声 language naming 厶 and 土; the written order is 土 over 厶. The quoted sound account does not match the modern reading, so the pieces are shown without a phonetic rule.
WHOLE CHARACTER
to go; to leave; to remove; to get rid of (去皮); (after a verb) away; off (上去, 进去); past (去年)
去 is to go — away from here; it also takes things away, as in 去皮.
The header combines 会意 and 形声 language naming 厶 and 土; the written order is 土 over 厶. The quoted sound account does not match the modern reading, so the pieces are shown without a phonetic rule.
TOP PIECE (THE RADICAL 土)
earth; soil
Repeated in 垚.
In 去: top piece (the radical 土) ZDIC lists 土 as the radical.
LOWER PIECE (厶, THE 'PRIVATE' GRAPH)
private (an old graph)
An old bound piece used inside several characters; not a standalone modern word.
In 去: lower piece (厶, the 'private' graph) A stroke-cluster bottom; no learner rule is built on it.
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