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離

Detach
Stroke count: 19

Readings

On readingリ
Kun readingはな.れる、はな.す
JLPT level: N1JōyōGrade 8Level 31

Verbs with «離»

離れる離婚する離す分離する切り離すかけ離れる

Meanings

  1. detachRtK
  2. separate
  3. leave
    ここを離れるところです。I am about to leave here.tatoeba
  4. distance
  1. li (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: fire, south)

Popular Usage

距離

Radicals and components

Radical隹short bird
Components
How it's built
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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sheik · top hat (亠) · villain · sheaf · shovel · belt · elbow · turkey

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1605

Compound words

離れるはなれる
to be separated; to be apart; to be distant; to leave; to go away
距離きょり
distance; range; interval; difference (e.g. in opinion); gap
隔離かくり
isolation; segregation; separation; quarantine
分離ぶんり
separation; partition; detachment; segregation; isolation
離すはなす
to separate; to part; to divide; to keep apart
離宮りきゅう
imperial villa; royal villa; detached palace
離婚りこん
divorce
離散りさん
dispersion; separation; scattering; breakup
離脱りだつ
withdrawal; secession; separation; breakaway
離反りはん
estrangement; alienation; disaffection; desertion; defection
離陸りりく
takeoff
離島りとう
isolated island; outlying island; leaving an island
離党りとう
secession from a political party
離職りしょく
employment separation; leaving one's job; losing one's job
遠距離えんきょり
long distance; tele-
近距離きんきょり
short distance
短距離たんきょり
short distance; short range; short-haul
長距離ちょうきょり
long distance; long haul; long-distance race
離着陸りちゃくりく
takeoff and landing
引き離すひきはなす
to pull apart; to separate; to have a lead over; to pull ahead of; to outdistance
切り離すきりはなす
to cut off (from); to separate; to detach; to sever; to uncouple
かけ離れるかけはなれる
to be far apart (from); to be a long way off (from); to be remote; to be distant; to be very different (from)
遊離ゆうり
isolation, detachment
離礁りしょう
refloating

Additional Examples

彼は彼女の顔から目を離さなかった。
He kept his eyes fixed on her face.tatoeba
彼は彼女から離れられない。
He is bound to her.tatoeba
彼は彼女から離れていた。
He stood aloof from her.tatoeba
彼は東京を離れて京都に向かった。
He left Tokyo for Kyoto.tatoeba

Stroke Order

19 strokes

Separate, leave. 离 + 隹 (bird) — a bird flying away. 距離 — distance.

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 離

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