to leave; to be away from; (in giving distances) from

HSK 2 #418

Character data

HSK 2
Frequency 418th character
Radical ⽱ (114.6)
Strokes 10
Index # 2035
TRADITIONAL

Definitions

离 lí
  1. 1. to leave
  2. 2. to be away from
  3. 3. (in giving distances) from
  4. 4. to part from
  5. 5. without (sth)
  6. 6. independent of
  7. 7. surname Li
  8. 8. one of the Eight Trigrams bā guà, symbolizing fire
  9. 9.
离 chī
  1. 1. mythical beast (archaic)

Stroke order

离 stroke order diagram
离 stroke order animation

Words containing 离

Word Meaning
centrifuge
ionosphere
driven from home; wander in hardship
to leave one's homeplace (to find work, flee disaster etc)
lit. seeming neither close nor distant (idiom)
outwardly close but inwardly estranged
to retire
the vicissitudes of life; joys and sorrows
positive ion; cation (physics)
many changes, same basic nature
negative ion; anion (physics)
negative ion; anion (physics)
positive ion; cation (physics)
deeply attached; hard to part
to talk shop all the time (idiom)
to be neither too familiar nor too distant
inseparable
same as chà bu duō; pretty close; not bad
erhua variant of bù dà lí
steadfast loyalty; to stand by (sb) (idiom)
pretty close; pretty good; not bad
to deviate; to separate; to part
carbon dioxide sequestration; carbon sequestration
offset distance
transmission distance