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 (radical 172, 隹+10, 18 strokes, cangjie input 卜月人土 (YBOG), four-corner 0041₄, composition ⿰离隹)

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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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, OC *reːls, *rel, *rels): phonetic 离 (OC *rel, *r̥ʰel) + semantic 隹 (“bird”).

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lí (li²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˊ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou, Jyutping): lei⁴, lei⁶

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): li³

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): lì

  (Meixian, Guangdong): li²

• Min Bei (KCR): lī
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): lī / lî

  (Teochew, Peng'im): li⁵

• Wu (Wiktionary): li (T3)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: lí
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˊ
    • Wade–Giles: lih²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: li
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lí
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • 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/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: li²
    • Sinological IPA: /li¹¹/
• Min Bei
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: lī
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (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
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: li (T3)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /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 (Min Nan)	/li³⁵/
	Fuzhou (Min Dong)	/lie⁵³/
	Jian'ou (Min Bei)	/li⁴⁴/
	Shantou (Min Nan)	/li⁵⁵/
	Haikou (Min Nan)	/li³¹/

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• Middle Chinese: /liᴇ/, /liᴇ^H/▼

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

• Old Chinese▼

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[r]aj/, /*raj-s/

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

Definitions

離

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

Compounds

Derived terms from 離

• 不即不離／不即不离
• 不大離／不大离
• 不離／不离 (bùlí)
• 不離眼／不离眼
• 乖離／乖离 (guāilí)
• 乖離率／乖离率
• 亂離／乱离 (luànlí)
• 人離家散／人离家散
• 人離鄉賤／人离乡贱
• 仳離／仳离 (pǐlí)
• 休離／休离
• 侈離／侈离
• 侏離／侏离
• 倩女離魂／倩女离魂
• 偏離／偏离 (piānlí)
• 側離／侧离
• 光怪陸離／光怪陆离 (guāngguàilùlí)
• 光陸離／光陆离
• 兔羅雉離／兔罗雉离
• 分崩離析／分崩离析 (fēnbēnglíxī)
• 分離／分离 (fēnlí)
• 分離焦慮／分离焦虑
• 判決離婚／判决离婚
• 別離／别离 (biélí)
• 別鶴離鸞／别鹤离鸾
• 剝離／剥离 (bōlí)
• 剝離作用／剥离作用
• 勢合形離／势合形离
• 南離／南离
• 叛離／叛离 (pànlí)
• 可離／可离
• 四離四絕／四离四绝
• 垂直距離／垂直距离
• 垢離／垢离
• 夭矯離奇／夭矫离奇
• 奇幻迷離／奇幻迷离
• 好離好散／好离好散
• 妻離子散／妻离子散
• 孤離／孤离
• 安全距離／安全距离
• 寸步不離／寸步不离 (cùn bù bù lí)
• 將離／将离 (jiānglí)
• 屬毛離裡／属毛离里
• 差不離／差不离 (chàbùlí)
• 弩箭離絃／弩箭离絃
• 形影不離／形影不离 (xíngyǐngbùlí)
• 影不離燈／影不离灯
• 影形不離／影形不离
• 悲歡離合／悲欢离合 (bēihuānlíhé)
• 愛別離苦／爱别离苦
• 披離／披离
• 拋離／抛离
• 挑撥離間／挑拨离间 (tiǎobōlíjiàn)
• 摘離／摘离
• 撤離／撤离 (chèlí)
• 撲朔迷離／扑朔迷离 (pūshuòmílí)
• 擅離職守／擅离职守
• 攜離／携离
• 支離／支离 (zhīlí)
• 支離破碎／支离破碎 (zhīlípòsuì)
• 斑駁陸離／斑驳陆离 (bānbólùlí)
• 星離雨散／星离雨散
• 曲折離奇／曲折离奇 (qūzhélíqí)
• 會少離多／会少离多
• 月離於畢／月离于毕
• 有效距離／有效距离
• 林離／林离
• 死別生離／死别生离
• 流離／流离 (liúlí)
• 流離失所／流离失所 (liúlíshīsuǒ)
• 流離顛沛／流离颠沛
• 游離／游离
• 游離層／游离层
• 游離票／游离票
• 游離輻射／游离辐射
• 漢鍾離／汉钟离
• 焦孟不離／焦孟不离
• 片刻不離／片刻不离
• 物離鄉貴／物离乡贵
• 瑣尾流離／琐尾流离
• 生別死離／生别死离

• 生離死別／生离死别
• 生離死絕／生离死绝
• 異夢離心／异梦离心
• 疏離／疏离 (shūlí)
• 疏離感／疏离感
• 相離／相离 (xiānglí)
• 眼離／眼离
• 眾叛親離／众叛亲离 (zhòngpànqīnlí)
• 眾散親離／众散亲离
• 破碎支離／破碎支离
• 破鏡分離／破镜分离
• 種族隔離／种族隔离 (zhǒngzú gélí)
• 絕俗離世／绝俗离世
• 網膜剝離／网膜剥离
• 纖離／纤离
• 背井離鄉／背井离乡 (bèijǐnglíxiāng)
• 背離／背离 (bèilí)
• 脣不離腮／唇不离腮
• 脫垢離塵／脱垢离尘
• 脫離／脱离 (tuōlí)
• 脫離常軌／脱离常轨
• 脫離苦海／脱离苦海
• 脫離速度／脱离速度
• 若即若離／若即若离
• 蕩析離居／荡析离居
• 行車距離／行车距离
• 親離眾叛／亲离众叛
• 調虎離山／调虎离山 (diàohǔlíshān)
• 貌合心離／貌合心离
• 貌合情離／貌合情离
• 貌合神離／貌合神离
• 貌合行離／貌合行离
• 距離／距离 (jùlí)
• 跬步不離／跬步不离
• 身首分離／身首分离
• 迷離／迷离 (mílí)
• 迷離倘恍／迷离倘恍
• 迷離撲朔／迷离扑朔
• 迷離顛倒／迷离颠倒
• 逃離／逃离 (táolí)
• 遁世離群／遁世离群
• 遠離／远离 (yuǎnlí)
• 遷離／迁离
• 避世離俗／避世离俗
• 郁離子／郁离子
• 鈉離子／钠离子
• 鍾離／钟离 (Zhōnglí)
• 長離／长离
• 陰離子／阴离子 (yīnlízǐ)
• 陸離／陆离 (lùlí)
• 陸離光怪／陆离光怪
• 陸離斑駁／陆离斑驳
• 陽離子／阳离子 (yánglízǐ)
• 隔離／隔离 (gélí)
• 隔離病房／隔离病房
• 離不得／离不得
• 離不開／离不开 (líbùkāi)
• 離世／离世 (líshì)
• 離亂／离乱
• 離任／离任
• 離休／离休 (líxiū)
• 離俗／离俗
• 離分／离分 (lífēn)
• 離別／离别 (líbié)
• 離去／离去 (líqù)
• 離叛／离叛
• 離合／离合 (líhé)
• 離合器／离合器 (líhéqì)
• 離合悲歡／离合悲欢
• 離合詩／离合诗
• 離土／离土
• 離地／离地 (lídì)
• 離垢／离垢
• 離堆山／离堆山
• 離境／离境 (líjìng)
• 離奇／离奇 (líqí)
• 離奇曲折／离奇曲折
• 離娘飯／离娘饭
• 離婁／离娄
• 離婁之明／离娄之明

• 離婚／离婚 (líhūn)
• 離婚率／离婚率
• 離子／离子 (lízǐ)
• 離宮／离宫
• 離家／离家 (líjiā)
• 離家出走／离家出走
• 離山窵遠／离山窎远
• 離峰用電／离峰用电
• 離島／离岛 (lídǎo)
• 離席／离席 (líxí)
• 離心／离心 (líxīn)
• 離心力／离心力 (líxīnlì)
• 離心泵／离心泵
• 離心率／离心率 (líxīnlǜ)
• 離心離德／离心离德 (líxīnlídé)
• 離恨／离恨
• 離恨天／离恨天
• 離情／离情
• 離情依依／离情依依
• 離情別緒／离情别绪
• 離愁／离愁 (líchóu)
• 離披／离披
• 離拆／离拆
• 離散／离散 (lísàn)
• 離書／离书
• 離會／离会
• 離析／离析
• 離校／离校
• 離格／离格 (“ablative case”)
• 離格兒／离格儿
• 離棄／离弃 (líqì)
• 離樓／离楼
• 離母／离母
• 離瓣花冠／离瓣花冠
• 離異／离异 (líyì)
• 離石／离石
• 離經叛道／离经叛道
• 離線／离线 (líxiàn)
• 離線作業／离线作业
• 離缺／离缺
• 離群／离群 (líqún)
• 離群索居／离群索居 (líqúnsuǒjū)
• 離職／离职 (lízhí)
• 離股兒／离股儿
• 離脫／离脱
• 離腸／离肠
• 離萼／离萼
• 離譜／离谱 (lípǔ)
• 離貳／离贰
• 離轍／离辙
• 離逖／离逖
• 離鄉／离乡
• 離鄉別井／离乡别井 (líxiāngbiéjǐng)
• 離鄉背井／离乡背井 (líxiāngbèijǐng)
• 離鄉背土／离乡背土
• 離鄉避井／离乡避井
• 離門離戶／离门离户
• 離開／离开 (líkāi)
• 離間／离间 (líjiàn)
• 離隊／离队
• 離隔／离隔
• 離離／离离
• 離離蔚蔚／离离蔚蔚
• 離題／离题 (lítí)
• 離題萬里／离题万里 (lítíwànlǐ)
• 離騷／离骚
• 離魂病／离魂病
• 離魂記／离魂记
• 離鸞別鳳／离鸾别凤
• 顛沛流離／颠沛流离 (diānpèiliúlí)
• 飛遯離俗／飞遯离俗
• 飛離／飞离
• 首身分離／首身分离
• 驅離／驱离
• 骨肉分離／骨肉分离
• 骨肉離散／骨肉离散
• 骨肉離異／骨肉离异
• 魚網鴻離／鱼网鸿离
• 黍離／黍离 (shǔlí)
• 黍離麥秀／黍离麦秀

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–

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lì (li⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: lì
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˋ
    • Wade–Giles: lih⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lih
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lì
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li⁵¹/

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• Middle Chinese: /lei^H/▼

Rime
Character	離
Reading #	3/3
Initial (聲)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	齊 (39)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	郎計切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/leiH/
Pan Wuyun	/leiH/
Shao Rongfen	/lɛiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lɛjH/
Li Rong	/leiH/
Wang Li	/lieiH/
Bernard Karlgren	/lieiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lì

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*reːls/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	離
Reading #	1/3
No.	7779
Phonetic component	离
Rime group	歌
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	麗
Old Chinese	/*reːls/

Definitions

離

1. Used in 離枝／离枝 (lízhī).
2. Alternative form of 麗／丽 (lì, “to adhere”).

Pronunciation 3

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lǐ (li³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: lǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˇ
    • Wade–Giles: lih³
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lii
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lǐ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li²¹⁴/

Definitions

離

1. Only used in 離跂／离跂.

Pronunciation 4

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chī (chi¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄔ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: chī
    • Zhuyin: ㄔ
    • Wade–Giles: ch'ih¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chy
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chih
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵⁵/

Definitions

離

1. Alternative form of 螭 (chī, “a kind of dragon”).
2. Alternative form of 离 (chī, “a kind of legendary beast”).

Pronunciation 5

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gǔ (gu³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: gǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨˇ
    • Wade–Giles: ku³
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guu
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gǔ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku²¹⁴/

Definitions

離

1. Only used in 離瞀／离瞀.

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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): isolation
• 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

• 이간질 (離間질, iganjil): to come between, alienate something from the other(s)
• 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

離: Hán Nôm readings: li, ly, le, lè, lì, lìa, lia

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References

• Nom Foundation