离
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to leave; to part from; to be away from; (in giving distances) from; without (sth); independent of; one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing fire; ☲
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Dict coverage rank #443 U+79BB
How 离 is formed
Pictograph (象形字)
An animal standing straight; 亠 is the head
How to remember it
leave · Heisig RSH #1178
Fagin + belt + elbow
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Characters built with 离 as their sound component
These characters all use 离 (lí) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 离 sound component | lí | rare beast; strange; elegant |
| 璃 | lí | glass; colored glaze |
| 篱 | lí | bamboo fence; fence, hedge |
| 漓 | lí | dripping water; a river in Guangxi province |
| 魑 | chī | a mountain demon resembling a tiger |
| 樆 | lí | rowan, mountain ash |
| 蓠 | lí | red algae; Gracilaria verrucosa |
| 缡 | lí | bridal veil; to tie, to bind |
| 褵 | lí | bridal veil |
| 螭 | chī | cruel; a young dragon |
Words containing 离
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 不大离儿 | bù dà lí r | erhua variant of 不大離|不大离[bu4 da4 li2] |
| 机不离手 | jī bù lí shǒu | to be unable to do without one's cell phone |
| 分离分子 | fēn lí fèn zǐ | separatist |
| 自动离合 | zì dòng lí hé | automatic clutch |
| 不大离 | bù dà lí | pretty close; just about right; not bad; same as 差不多 |
| 不离儿 | bù lí r | not bad; pretty good; pretty close |
| 不可分离 | bù kě fēn lí | inseparable |
| 离心机 | lí xīn jī | centrifuge |
| 分离主义 | fēn lí zhǔ yì | separatism |
| 离不开 | lí bu kāi | inseparable; inevitably linked to |
| 离心力 | lí xīn lì | centrifugal force |
| 离开人世 | lí kāi rén shì | to die; to leave this world |
| 离石区 | Lí shí Qū | Lishi, a district of Lüliang City 呂梁市|吕梁市[Lu : 3 liang2 Shi4], Shanxi |
| 重离子 | zhòng lí zǐ | heavy ion (physics) |
| 阳离子 | yáng lí zǐ | positive ion; cation (physics) |
| 离心分离机 | lí xīn fēn lí jī | centrifuge |
| 离合器 | lí hé qì | clutch (mechanics) |
| 正离子 | zhèng lí zǐ | positive ion; cation (physics) |
| 离家出走 | lí jiā chū zǒu | to leave home (to live somewhere else) |
| 离子 | lí zǐ | ion |