去(qù): to go
HSK 15 strokes
to go
Stroke order animation
Character information
- Pinyin
- qù
- Meaning
- 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)
- Strokes
- 5
- HSK level
- HSK 1
- Traditional
- Same
Origin & structure
Where 去 comes from and how its parts fit together.
How to write 去 step by step
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Words with 去
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