離

See also 离

Translingual

simpl.		离
trad.		離

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 离 (“bird”) + phonetic 隹 – birds flying away (departing).

Han character

離 (radical 172 隹+11, 19 strokes, cangjie input 卜月人土 (YBOG), four-corner 0041₄, composition ⿰离隹)

1. leave, depart
2. go away
3. separate
4. 3rd of the 8 trigrams

References

• KangXi: page 1369, character 16
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 42140
• Dae Jaweon: page 1875, character 14
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 4106, character 2
• Unihan data for U+96E2

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Cantonese

Hanzi

離 (simplified 离, Yale lei4)

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Japanese

Kanji

離 (common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

• On: り (ri)
• Kun: はなれる (離れる, hanareru), はなす (離す, hanasu), つく (tsuku)

Compounds

• 乖離
• 距離
• 不即不離
• 分離
• 離間
• 離婚
• 離脱
• 離別
• 幽体離脱 (ゆうたいりだつ, yūtairidatsu, “out-of-body experience”)
• 体外離脱 (たいがいりだつ, taigairidatsu, “out-of-body experience”)

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Mandarin

Hanzi

離 (simplified 离, pinyin lí (li2), Wade-Giles li²)

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Vietnamese

Han character

離 (ly, li, le, lè, lì, lìa, lia)