qù
go away
Depicts opening the mouth (口) wide (大) to let a yawn leave the mouth. Original form of 呿.
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qù
go away, leave, depart; to go; to go to (a place); (of a time etc) last; just passed; to send; to remove; to get rid of; to reduce; to be apart from in space or time; to die (euphemism); to play (a part); (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth; (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker); (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation)
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季旭昇《說文新證》p.421