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; ☲
- HSK 3.0
- Level 2
- Old HSK
- Level 2
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 禸 +6
- Structure
- Top–bottom 上下
- Traditional
- 離
- Common rank
- #443
- Unicode
- U+79BB
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Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
How to remember it
leave · Heisig RSH #1178
Fagin + belt + elbow
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 离
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 不大离儿 | erhua variant of 不大離|不大离[bu4 da4 li2] | |
| 机不离手 | to be unable to do without one's cell phone | |
| 分离分子 | separatist | |
| 自动离合 | automatic clutch | |
| 不大离 | pretty close; just about right; not bad; same as 差不多 | |
| 不离儿 | not bad; pretty good; pretty close | |
| 不可分离 | inseparable | |
| 离心机 | centrifuge | |
| 分离主义 | separatism | |
| 离不开 | inseparable; inevitably linked to | |
| 离心力 | centrifugal force | |
| 离开人世 | to die; to leave this world | |
| 离石区 | Lishi, a district of Lüliang City 呂梁市|吕梁市[Lu : 3 liang2 Shi4], Shanxi | |
| 重离子 | heavy ion (physics) | |
| 阳离子 | positive ion; cation (physics) | |
| 离心分离机 | centrifuge | |
| 离合器 | clutch (mechanics) | |
| 正离子 | positive ion; cation (physics) | |
| 离家出走 | to leave home (to live somewhere else) | |
| 离子 | ion |
Sound family
These characters use 离 as their sound component — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 离 sound part | rare beast; strange; elegant | |
| 璃 | glass; colored glaze | |
| 篱 | bamboo fence; fence, hedge | |
| 漓 | dripping water; a river in Guangxi province | |
| 魑 | a mountain demon resembling a tiger | |
| 樆 | rowan, mountain ash | |
| 蓠 | red algae; Gracilaria verrucosa | |
| 缡 | bridal veil; to tie, to bind | |
| 褵 | bridal veil | |
| 螭 | cruel; a young dragon |