離

離 (Kangxi radical 172, 隹+10, 18 strokes, cangjie input 卜月人土 (YBOG), four-corner 0041₄, composition ⿰离隹)

• 㒧(𠌯), 囄, 攡(摛), 灕(漓), 㰚, 𪺇, 𤫚, 䙰(褵), 𮉞, 𧕮, 𧮛, 𮣮
• 𢥗, 𡿎, 蘺(蓠), 㒿, 䍦(䍠), 籬(篱), 𢌈

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1369, character 16
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 42140
• Dae Jaweon: page 1875, character 14
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4106, character 2
• Unihan data for U+96E2
• Unihan data for U+F9EA

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *reːls, *rel, *rels) : phonetic 离 (OC *rel, *r̥ʰel) + semantic 隹 (“bird”) – black-naped oriole (Oriolus chinensis). This sense is preserved in the compound 離黃.

Phonetically borrowed for the sense "to depart".

離

1. to leave; to depart
2. to go away
3. to separate
4. (colloquial) to divorce
5. away from
6. ☲, the 3rd of the 8 trigrams
7. ䷝, the 30th of the 64 I Ching hexagrams
8. ^† Alternative form of 罹 (lí, “to suffer; to be hit with; to encounter”)
9. ^† Alternative form of 縭／缡 (lí)
10. a surname

• → Vietnamese: lìa

• “離”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

離

1. Used in 離支／离支 (lìzhī, “lychee”).
2. (obsolete) to reject; to discard

離

1. Alternative form of 麗／丽 (“to adhere; to attach to”)

離

1. Only used in 離跂／离跂.

離

1. Alternative form of 螭 (chī, “a kind of dragon”)
2. Alternative form of 离 (“a kind of legendary beast”)

離

1. Only used in 離瞀／离瞀.

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. separate, detach, digress

• Go-on: り (ri, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: り (ri, Jōyō)
• Kun: はなれる (hanareru, 離れる, Jōyō); はなす (hanasu, 離す, Jōyō); つく (tsuku, 離く)

• 乖離(かいり) (kairi)
• 距離(きょり) (kyori): distance
• 不即不離(ふそくふり) (fusokufuri)
• 分離(ぶんり) (bunri): isolation
• 離間(りかん) (rikan)
• 離婚(りこん) (rikon): divorce
• 離脱(りだつ) (ridatsu)
• 離別(りべつ) (ribetsu): separation
• 幽体離脱(ゆうたいりだつ) (yūtai ridatsu): out-of-body experience
• 体外離脱(たいがいりだつ) (taigai ridatsu): out-of-body experience

From Middle Chinese 離 (MC lje|ljeH). Recorded as Middle Korean 리 (li) (Yale: li) in Sinjeung Yuhap (新增類合 / 신증유합), 1576.

• (initial position)
  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [i(ː)]
  • Phonetic hangul: [이(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
• (non-initial position)
  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ɾi]
  • Phonetic hangul: [리]

Wikisource 離 (eumhun 떠날 리 (tteonal ri), South Korea 떠날 이 (tteonal i))

1. Hanja form^? of 리/이 (“to leave”).
2. Hanja form^? of 리/이 (“separation; departure”).
3. Hanja form^? of 리/이 (“division”).

Related to Middle Chinese 螭 / 离 (MC trhje).

離 (eumhun 교룡(蛟龍) 치 (gyoryong( 蛟龍 ) chi))
離 (eumhun 맹수(猛獸) 치 (maengsu( 猛獸 ) chi))

1. (literary Chinese) Alternative form of 螭 (“Hanja form^? of 치 (“a kind of dragon”).”)
2. (literary Chinese) Alternative form of 离 (“Hanja form^? of 치 (“a kind of legendary beast”).”)

Related to Middle Chinese 麗 / 儷 (MC lejH).

離 (eumhun 붙을 려 (buteul ryeo), South Korea 붙을 여 (buteul yeo))
離 (eumhun 나란히 할 려 (naranhi hal ryeo), South Korea 나란히 할 여 (naranhi hal yeo))

1. (literary Chinese) Alternative form of 麗 (“Hanja form^? of 려/여 (“to adhere”).”)
2. (literary Chinese) Alternative form of 儷 (“Hanja form^? of 려/여 (“in pair”).”)

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

離: Hán Nôm readings: li, ly, le, lè, lì, lìa, lia

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