# 去 past tense

十 (ten) + (decapitated cow)
★★★★★
5 strokes

## Onyomi

KYO, KO | ー Keep Your Own KOdomo in the past, Don't let him grow up and lose his innocence.

## Mnemonic

| In the past, I decapitated ten cows. But that's all behind me now. I'm a changed man. That is to say, I'm now a woman.

## Kunyomi

( を ) さ＊る | to leave (as in leave while others stay). also to be xxx miles away from a particular place. ★☆☆☆☆

## Jukugo

過去(かこ) | the past ★★★★★ 過 (surpass / too much) + 去 (past tense) = 過去 (the past)
去年(きょねん) | last year ★★★★★ 去 (past tense) + 年 (year) = 去年 (last year)
過去形(かこけい) | the past tense ★★★★☆ 過去 (the past) + 形 (form) = 過去形 (the past tense)

## Lookalikes

| Meaning | Hint | Radical
--- | --- | --- | ---
去 | past tense | ム IS UNDER 土 |
至 | until | ム IS ABOVE　土 |
充 | fill up | LEGS |

In the past, moocows lived UNDER the earth,

until they finally migrated ABOVEground.

The tunnels were filled up with the LEGS of the migrating cows.

## Used In

- 法
- 怯
- 却

## Synonyms

delete 消去する 削除する 除く 取り除く 除去 解除 省く