What does the kanji 去 mean?

gone, past, quit, leave, elapse

How is the kanji 去 read?

キョ (Kyo); コ (Ko); さ.る (Saru); -さ.る (Saru)

去

Saruさる

gone

Kyoきょ

Koこ

Examples

去年きょねんlast year

去来きょらいcoming and going

去 (Saru) is a JLPT N4 kanji meaning “gone, past, quit”. It is taught in grade 3 and written in 5 strokes.