TSUMUGU · TOCFL 1 (est.) · 字
去
去 ＝ 土 ＋ 厶
ㄑㄩˋ · qù
verb — to go; to leave; (after a verb) away
字源 FORM — what the parts do
厶義the dwelling's mouth — worn from 口
The old graph sets a person (大) over the mouth of a pit-dwelling (口) — stepping out, leaving. Centuries of copying squared the person into 土 and curled the opening into 厶. From leaving: to go (去學校), time gone (過去), and the away of 拿去、出去.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
天剛亮，人（大）跨出洞口（口），頭也不回。
First light: the figure (大) steps over the doorway (口) and does not look back.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)離開— to leave
→去（某地）— to go (somewhere)常用
⇒過去— the past — time gone
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
演 · Evolution
大在上、口在下：人正跨出穴居。傳抄把大寫方成土，口捲成厶。
大 over 口: a man stepping out of the pit-dwelling. Copying squared the man into 土 and curled the mouth into 厶.