Zi:去

去 [qù] go (ant. ​来 lái ‘come’); leave/depart; remove/discard; past; last/previous; die; away; very; (HDZ:) … [qū] ​疾​走; ​驅 [jǔ] (HDC:) ​臧/​藏去/​弆

One monosyllabic entry in The ABC Chinese-English Comprehensive Dictionary (namespace Ci):

►¹qù* ​去 {A} v. ①go; go to; leave; depart ②get rid of; remove; cast out ‖ ∼ nǐ de! ∼你的! Get lost! ③dispatch ‖ Gěi jiàoshòu ∼ ge diànhuà wènwen. 给教授∼个电话问问。 Give the professor a ring and ask about it. ④be apart ‖ xiāng∼bùyuǎn 相∼不远 not far from each other ⑤〈environment:〉 opera play the role of ◆cons. in order to ‖ zhèngqián ∼ yǎngjiā 挣钱∼养家 earn money to support one's family ◆suf. away ‖ sòng∼ 送∼ send away ◆b.f. ①past; last ►qùnián 去年 ②“going” tone; Mandarin fourth tone ►qùshēng 去声 ◆adv. 〈environment:〉 topo. extremely; really; quite ‖ Kẹ̌ hǎole ∼ le! 可好了∼了! It's really good!

The Shuōwén Seal form of 去(​㚎) qù ‘leave/depart/go’ combines ​土(​大) dà ‘big man’ (person), and ​厶(​𠙴) qū ‘basket’ (phonosemantic); formerly also wr. ​迲 (HDZ: ​古​鈢).
    Compare: ​𥬔 qū ‘lidded bamboo basket for washing rice’; wash away → remove ⇒ leave.
    Older graphs associated with 去 and ​𥬔 are said to represent a ​𠙴 ‘basket’ with ​大 ‘lid’; also wr. with ​口(​𠙵) kǒu ‘mouth’ below instead of ​𠙴.
    Compare: ​盖/​蓋(​葢) gài; ​盍(​𥁋​盇) hé/gài; ​同 tóng; (all of which employ covered/lidded vessel motifs).
    “[去] Said to be a picture of a cup with a removable lid: that which gets off, is removed” —Karlgren(AD).
    Note: 去 qù ‘leave/depart; be apart from, separate; lose; go (from here to there); gone/past; remove/eliminate; drive out, release; abandon’ (HDZ).
    Compare: ​驱/​驅 qū ‘whip/drive a horse’, formerly also wr. 去.
    HDZ: 去 : qù : (SW: ​人​相​違) ​离​开 (去​留, 去​职, 去​世); ​距, ​距​离; ​失​掉, ​失去; ​往 (​由​此​处​到​彼​处) (去​车​站​接​人, ​从​武​汉去​上​海); ​过去​的 (去​年, 去​冬​今​春); ​扮​演 (​戏​曲​里​角​色); ​趋​向, ​持​续; (​介​词) ​在; (​助​词) ​啊, ​了; (​声​调) 去​声; ​除, ​撤​除, 去​掉 (去​皮; ​劳​动​能去​百​病); ​放​弃, ​丢​弃; ​弆: ​收​藏 • qū : ​疾​走; ​驅
►references: Guǎngyùn:259.31,362.13; Wieger:38e; Karlgren:AD491,GSR642a; Hànyǔ Dà Zìdiǎn:1.384.8; Mathews:1594; Kāngxī Zìdiǎn:164.10; Bǐshùn Guīfàn:012.1.06; EDOC:1
►components: ​土​厶​
►Cantonese: heui-
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Unicode: U+53BB
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