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. Chinese oriole

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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Chinese

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lí (li²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lei⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lī / lî

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lí
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lí
    • Wade–Giles: li²
    • Yale: lí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: li
    • Palladius: ли (li)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: lei⁴
    • Yale: lèih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lei⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: léi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lei̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (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/

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• Middle Chinese: lje

Rime
Character	离
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	支 (11)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	呂支切
Baxter	lje
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/liᴇ/
Pan Wuyun	/liɛ/
Shao Rongfen	/ljɛ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/liə̆/
Li Rong	/lie/
Wang Li	/lǐe/
Bernhard Karlgren	/lie̯/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lí
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lei4

Definitions

1. leave
2. 30th hexagram of the I Ching

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chī (chi¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄔ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sit³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lī / lî

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chī
    • Zhuyin: ㄔ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chih
    • Wade–Giles: chʻih¹
    • Yale: chr̄
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chy
    • Palladius: чи (či)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: sit³
    • Yale: sit
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sit⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: xid³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːt̚³/
• Southern Min
  • (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/

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• Middle Chinese: trhje

Rime
Character	离
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	徹 (10)
Final (韻)	支 (13)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	丑知切
Baxter	trhje
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʈʰˠiᴇ/
Pan Wuyun	/ʈʰᵚiɛ/
Shao Rongfen	/ȶʰiɛ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʈʰjiə̆/
Li Rong	/ȶʰje/
Wang Li	/ȶʰǐe/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ȶʰie̯/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chī
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ci1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*r̥aj/

  (Zhengzhang): /*rel/, /*r̥ʰel/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	离
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	chī
Middle Chinese	‹ trhje ›
Old Chinese	/*r̥aj/
English	mountain demon
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	离	离
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	7783	7799
Phonetic component	离	离
Rime group	歌	歌
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	離	摛
Old Chinese	/*rel/	/*r̥ʰel/

Definitions

1. rare beast
2. strange
3. elegant

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Japanese

Kanji

离

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. rare beast
2. strange
3. elegant

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)

1. to leave
2. to divide