去 = 土 + 厶

去 is a Japanese kanji written with 5 strokes, listed here under the keyword “gone”. It is built from 土 (soil) and 厶 (elbow). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 812. It appears as a component in 5 other characters in this index.

Keyword: gone
RTK frame: 812
Strokes: 5
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading): キョ, コ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading): さ.る, -さ.る
Script: Japanese kanji
Also known as: уходить, past
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi: 去 go away

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

Characters that contain 去

How to find 去 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “soil” + “elbow”. 去 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 去 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.