Simplified form of 離. Depicts a bird (隹) being caught in a bird trap (罕). Based on the original meaning "catch a bird". The meaning later shifted to "reject", "separate", and "leave". The 隹 (bird) component was removed for simplification.
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离
Bronze
Late Warring States (~250 BC)
离
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
离
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
离
Regular
Modern
Chinese
离 [chī]
mythical beast (archaic)
离 / 離 [Lí]
surname Li
离 / 離 [lí]
to leave; to part from; to be away from; (in giving distances) from; without (sth); independent of; one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[bāguà], symbolizing fire; ☲
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (166)
离开 [líkāi] #202
to depart
距离 [jùlí] #1,881
distance
离婚 [líhūn] #1,462
to divorce
分离 [fēnlí] #4,258
to separate
远离 [yuǎnlí] #2,410
to be far from
脱离 [tuōlí] #4,097
to separate oneself from
隔离 [gélí] #3,642
to separate
离去 [líqù] #5,231
to leave
离子 [lízǐ] #15,645
ion
逃离 [táolí] #4,414
to run out
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