Mnemonic
You staked your tent into the earth for the night. By dawn, the earth has crumbled away beneath you, and the tent is gone — swallowed by a massive sinkhole. You wake up falling, watching your campsite vanish above you into nothing.
Additional thoughts
Picture the tent sinking straight down through crumbling earth — the visual of something solid disappearing reinforces 'gone.' The earth radical sits at the bottom, the tent sits on top, and everything collapses downward.Quick recall
A tent on earth collapses into a sinkhole — everything is gone.Details
The keyword for 去 is gone. This kanji conveys the idea of leaving, departing, or passing away from a place or state. It carries the sense of something that has moved away or elapsed, such as time that has passed or a person who has left. In its most fundamental meaning, it represents the act of going away or the state of being removed from the present.
- On'yomi
- きょ、こ
- Kun'yomi
- さ.る、-さ.る