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".
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Historical Evolution
離
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
離
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
離
Regular
Modern
Chinese
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; ☲
Japanese
li (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: fire, south)
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
離 はなれ
Hanare place name
離 まと
Mato surname
CHINESE WORDS (165)
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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JAPANESE WORDS (200)
⭐ 離れる [はなれる] #294
to be separated
⭐ 距離 [きょり] #892
distance
⭐ 離す [はなす] #911
to separate
手放す [てばなす] #3,775
to let go of
距離を取る [きょりをとる] #4,873
to distance oneself (from)
⭐ 離婚 [りこん] #5,239
divorce
目を離す [めをはなす] #5,542
to take one's eyes off
⭐ 引き離す [ひきはなす] #5,855
to pull apart
⭐ 離脱 [りだつ] #6,433
withdrawal
⭐ 切り離す [きりはなす] #6,458
to cut off (from)
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