Past

On’yomi: きょ、こ
Kun’yomi: さ
Radical: 厶 Private (Kangxi 28)

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

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

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 yearN5

去るさる to leave,to go awayN3

過去かこ the past,bygone days,the previousN3

去 is rank 500 of 2,608 in published Japanese.

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