离

See also: 離

Translingual

Stroke order

Etymology

Pictogram (象形) – an animal, with head at top and butt and tail (厶) at bottom; compare tail in 鬼. Graphically but not etymologically, 亠 + 凶 + 禸.

Exists as traditional character, but also Simplified from 離, in sense “depart”.

Han character

1. rare beast
2. strange
3. elegant
4. leave (simplified from 離)
5. 30th hexagram of the I Ching (simplified from 離)

Derived characters

• 離
• 禽

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 848, character 7
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24888
• Dae Jaweon: page 1270, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 287, character 11
• Unihan data for U+79BB

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Cantonese

Hanzi

离 (traditional 離／离, Yale sit3)

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Japanese

Kanji

离

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): ち (chi), り (ri)

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Korean

Hanja

离 • (ri>i) (hangeul 리>이, revised ri>i, McCune–Reischauer ri>i, Yale li>i)

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Mandarin

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Hanzi

离 (traditional 離／离, Pinyin chī (chi1), lí (li2), lì (li4), Wade-Giles ch'ih¹, li², li⁴)

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