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HSK 15 strokes

to go

Stroke order animation

Character information

Pinyin
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 comes from and how its parts fit together.

⿱土厶

Made of

Parts are arranged top to bottom.

How to write step by step

5 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with

Common words using — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

chū
HSK 1

to go out

Open 出去 page →
nián
HSK 1

last year

Open 去年 page →
xià
HSK 3

to go down; to descend; to go on; to continue; (of a servant) to withdraw

Open 下去 page →
shì
HSK 3

to pass away

Open 去世 page →
diào
HSK 6

to get rid of

Open 去掉 page →

(lit.) the rise and fall of the terrain (idiom)

Open 来龙去脉 page →
xiàng
HSK 7-9

direction in which sb or sth has gone; whereabouts

Open 去向 page →

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