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

Character data

Radical ⾫ (172.11)
Strokes 18
SIMPLIFIED

Definitions

離 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.

Words containing 離

Word Meaning
to reunite after being homeless refugees
destitute and homeless (idiom); displaced and without means
separated in life and death; to part for ever
to become alienated; estranged; alienation
fig. to find oneself utterly isolated
short distance; a stone's throw away
carbon sequestration
apartheid
plasma (physics)
to leave one's native place, esp. against one's will (idiom)
to deviate from; to depart from; deviation
to separate oneself from; to break away from; abscission
out of danger; to avoid danger
to escape from the abyss of suffering
automatic clutch
lit. seeming neither close nor distant (idiom)
many changes but same core; same at heart
dissociation
dissociative identity disorder
to lure the tiger from its domain in the mountains (idiom)
united in appearance, divided at heart
outwardly close, but cold and distant inside
negative ion; anion (physics)
asset stripping
distance; to be apart from