離

See also: 离 and ☲

離 U+96E2, 離 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-96E2 ← 雡 [U+96E1] CJK Unified Ideographs 難 → [U+96E3]

離 U+F9EA, 離 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F9EA ← 里 [U+F9E9] CJK Compatibility Ideographs 匿 → [U+F9EB]

Translingual

Han character

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

References

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

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Chinese

trad.		離
simp.		离*

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (离) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
謧	*reːl, *rel
璃	*reːl, *rel
離	*reːls, *rel, *rels
縭	*rel
离	*rel, *r̥ʰel
醨	*rel
樆	*rel
褵	*rel
漓	*rel
黐	*rel, *r̥ʰel
籬	*rel
灕	*rel
蘺	*rel
攡	*rel
魑	*r̥ʰel
螭	*r̥ʰel
摛	*r̥ʰel

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *reːls, *rel, *rels) : phonetic 离 (OC *rel, *r̥ʰel) + semantic 隹 (“bird”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lí (li²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˊ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): lei⁴, lei⁶

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): li³

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): lì
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): lī / lî

  (Teochew, Peng'im): li⁵

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶li

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lí
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lí
    • Wade–Giles: li²
    • Yale: lí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: li
    • Palladius: ли (li)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lei⁴, lei⁶
    • Yale: lèih, leih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lei⁴, lei⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: léi⁴, léi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lei̯²¹/, /lei̯²²/

Note: lei6 - rare (e.g. 離群索居／离群索居).

• • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: li³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lì
    • Hakka Romanization System: liˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: li²
    • Sinological IPA: /li¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lī / lî
    • Tâi-lô: lī / lî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: li, lii
    • IPA (Xiamen): /li²²/, /li²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /li⁴¹/, /li²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /li²²/, /li¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /li³³/, /li²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /li³³/, /li²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: li⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lî
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁶li
    • MiniDict: li^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³li
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /li²³/

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• Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 離
Mandarin	Beijing	/li³⁵/
	Harbin	/li²⁴/
	Tianjin	/li⁴⁵/
	Jinan	/li⁴²/
	Qingdao	/li⁴²/
	Zhengzhou	/li⁴²/ ～婚 /li³¹²/ ～開
	Xi'an	/li²⁴/ ～別 /li⁴⁴/ ～開
	Xining	/l̩²⁴/
	Yinchuan	/li⁵³/
	Lanzhou	/li⁵³/
	Ürümqi	/li⁵¹/
	Wuhan	/ni²¹³/
	Chengdu	/ni³¹/
	Guiyang	/ni²¹/
	Kunming	/li³¹/
	Nanjing	/li²⁴/ /li⁴⁴/
	Hefei	/zz̩⁵⁵/
Jin	Taiyuan	/li¹¹/
	Pingyao	/li¹³/ ～別 /li³⁵/ 分開了
	Hohhot	/li³¹/
Wu	Shanghai	/li²³/
	Suzhou	/li¹³/
	Hangzhou	/li¹³/
	Wenzhou	/lei³¹/
Hui	Shexian	/li⁴⁴/
	Tunxi	/li⁴⁴/
Xiang	Changsha	/li¹³/
	Xiangtan	/ni¹²/
Gan	Nanchang	/li⁴⁵/
Hakka	Meixian	/li¹¹/
	Taoyuan	/li¹¹/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/lei²¹/
	Nanning	/li²¹/
	Hong Kong	/lei²¹/
Min	Xiamen (Hokkien)	/li³⁵/
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/lie⁵³/
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/li⁴⁴/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/li⁵⁵/
	Haikou (Hainanese)	/li³¹/

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• Middle Chinese: lje, ljeH, lejH

Rime
Character	離	離	離
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
Initial (聲)	來 (37)	來 (37)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	支 (11)	支 (11)	齊 (39)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III	IV
Fanqie	呂支切	力智切	郎計切
Baxter	lje	ljeH	lejH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/liᴇ/	/liᴇH/	/leiH/
Pan Wuyun	/liɛ/	/liɛH/	/leiH/
Shao Rongfen	/ljɛ/	/ljɛH/	/lɛiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/liə̆/	/liə̆H/	/lɛjH/
Li Rong	/lie/	/lieH/	/leiH/
Wang Li	/lǐe/	/lǐeH/	/lieiH/
Bernard Karlgren	/lie̯/	/lie̯H/	/lieiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lí	lì	lì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lei4	lei6	lai6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[r]aj/, /*raj-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*reːls/, /*rel/, /*rels/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	離	離	離
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	lí	lí	lì
Middle Chinese	‹ lje ›	‹ lje ›	‹ ljeH ›
Old Chinese	/*[r]aj/	/*[r]aj/	/*raj-s/
English	meet with, encounter	depart from	reject
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	離	離	離
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
No.	7779	7780	7794
Phonetic component	离	离	离
Rime group	歌	歌	歌
Rime subdivision	2	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	麗	離	詈
Old Chinese	/*reːls/	/*rel/	/*rels/
Notes		甲文象隹入網羅， 離反爲省文

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 離

1. to leave, depart
2. to go away
3. to separate
4. away from
5. 3rd of the 8 trigrams
6. 30th hexagram of the I Ching

References

• “離”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

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Japanese

Kanji

離

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: り (ri, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: り (ri, Jōyō)
• Kun: はなれる (hanareru, 離れる, Jōyō); はなす (hanasu, 離す, Jōyō); つく (tsuku, 離く)

Compounds

• 乖離(かいり) (kairi)
• 距離(きょり) (kyori)
• 不即不離(ふそくふり) (fusokufuri)
• 分離(ぶんり) (bunri)
• 離間(りかん) (rikan)
• 離婚(りこん) (rikon)
• 離脱(りだつ) (ridatsu)
• 離別(りべつ) (ribetsu)
• 幽体離脱(ゆうたいりだつ) (yūtai ridatsu): out-of-body experience
• 体外離脱(たいがいりだつ) (taigai ridatsu): out-of-body experience

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Korean

Hanja

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

1. leave, separation, departure, division

Compounds

• 이혼 (離婚, ihon): divorce
• 이별 (離別, ibyeol): (long term) farewell, parting
• 난리 (亂離, nalli): fuss, mess, panic

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 離 (ly, li, le, lè, lì, lìa, lia)

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