离

See also 離

Translingual

Stroke order

simpl.		离
trad.		离離

Etymology

Pictogram (象形) – an animal, with head at top and butt and tail (厶) at bottom; compare tail in 鬼. Graphically but not etymologically, 亠 + 凶 + 禸.

Exists as traditional character, but also Simplified from 離, in sense “depart”.

Han character

离 (radical 114 禸+6, 11 strokes, cangjie input 卜山大月 (YUKB), four-corner 0022₇)

1. rare beast
2. strange
3. elegant
4. leave (simplified from 離)

Derived characters

• 離
• 禽

References

• KangXi: page 848, character 7
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24888
• Dae Jaweon: page 1270, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 287, character 11
• Unihan data for U+79BB

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Cantonese

Hanzi

离 (traditional 離, Yale sit3)

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Japanese

Kanji

离

Readings

• On: ち (chi), り (ri)

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Korean

Hanja

离 (hangeul 리>이, revised ri>i, McCune-Reischauer ri>i, Yale li>i)

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Mandarin

Pronunciation

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Hanzi

离 (traditional 離, pinyin chī (chi1), lí (li2), lì (li4), Wade-Giles ch'ih¹, li², li⁴)