# 去 — Past

Frequency rank 500 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Frequent enough that you will keep running into it once you read past headlines.

More common than 昭 (Shining), less common than 割 (Divide).

- On’yomi: きょ、こ
- Kun’yomi: さ
- Radical: 厶 Private (Kangxi 28)
- Frequency path: Level IV of XX

Dirt (dirt) sits on top and private (private) hides below — burying your private secrets in the dirt means putting them in the past, covering them up forever.

In words:

- 去年 きょねん — last year
- 去る さる — to leave,to go away
- 過去 かこ — the past,bygone days,the previous

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