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去 (qù): To go — Stroke Order & Writing Guide

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1.

Animated Stroke Order 去

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How to write 去 — animated stroke order

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2.

Stroke Order Diagrams 去

去 stroke order diagram
3.

Character Breakdown

Top-Bottom
去=土earth, person+厶private, closed

A person (土) leaving through an opening (厶) — to go away or depart from a place.

4.

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5.

HSK Vocabulary: 去

HSK words that contain this character.

去年

qù nián

last year

HSK 2

过去

guò qu

(in the) past

HSK 3

去世

6.

Example Sentences

Real-world example sentences demonstrating how 去 is used in context

tā他
míng明
tiān天
qù去
Běi北
jīng京
。

Information

Pinyinqù
Meaningto go
Strokes5
Radical厶
Traditional去
StructureTop-Bottom
Frequency#61
Zhuyinㄑㄩˋ
UnicodeU+53BB
CangjieGI
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qù shì

die; pass away

HSK 5

失去

shī qù

lose

HSK 5

上去

shàng qu

to go up

HSK 3.0 L2

下去

xià qu

to go down

HSK 3.0 L2
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出去

chū qu

to go out

HSK 3.0 L2

去向

qù xiàng

Whereabouts / destination

HSK 3.0 L7-9

去处

qù chù

Place to go / destination

HSK 3.0 L7-9

去除

qù chú

Remove / eliminate

HSK 3.0 L7-9

回去

huí qu

to return

HSK 3.0 L2

来龙去脉

lái lóng qù mài

ins and outs / the details

HSK 3.0 L7-9

翻来覆去

fān lái fù qù

Over and over again / Repeatedly

HSK 3.0 L7-9

豁出去

huō chū qù

Risk everything / Brave it out

HSK 3.0 L7-9

过不去

guò bu qù

Can't get through / Can't endure

HSK 3.0 L7-9

He is going to Beijing tomorrow.

qù去
nián年
wǒ我
qù去
le了
běi北
jīng京
lǚ旅
yóu游
。

I traveled to Beijing last year.

wǒ我
men们
xià下
wǔ午
yì一
qǐ起
chū出
qù去
sàn散
bù步
ba吧
。

Let's go out for a walk together this afternoon.

wǒ我
qù去
xué学
xiào校
。

I go to school.

guò过
qù去
de的
jīng经
lì历
ràng让
wǒ我
chéng成
zhǎng长
le了
hěn很
duō多
。

Past experiences have helped me grow a lot.

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