# 离

| 离 | U+79BB, &#31163; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-79BB |
| ← 禺 [U+79BA] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 禼 → [U+79BC] |

## Translingual
### Han character

离 (Kangxi radical 114, 禸+6, 11 strokes, cangjie input 卜山大月 (YUKB), four-corner 0022$_7$, composition ⿱㐫禸)

#### Derived characters

* 𠌯, 𠻗, 𪤋, 𢟢, 摛, 漓, 𤡢, 𣉽, 𪱩, 樆, 㷰, 𤗫, 璃, 䄜, 瞝, 𥕮, 䅻, 褵, 𥻿, 縭(缡), 𦔓, 𫬎, 螭, 謧, 𧴁, 𮜐, 醨, 𮧩, 𩥬, 𮃵, 麶, 黐, 𪒔, 𪖂
* 𣯤, 䬜, 魑, 𨝏, 𬓞, 離, 𫀥, 𮫧, 𬓟, 𪅆, 禽, 𡼁, 𡴥, 蓠, 䍠, 篱, 𤜏

#### 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

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 离 :
| Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
| | Old Chinese |
| 謧 | *reːl, *rel |
| 璃 | *reːl, *rel |
| 離 | *reːls, *rel, *rels |
| 縭 | *rel |
| 离 | *rel, *r̥ʰel |
| 醨 | *rel |
| 樆 | *rel |
| 褵 | *rel |
| 漓 | *rel |
| 黐 | *rel, *r̥ʰel |
| 籬 | *rel |
| 灕 | *rel |
| 蘺 | *rel |
| 攡 | *rel |
| 魑 | *r̥ʰel |
| 螭 | *r̥ʰel |
| 摛 | *r̥ʰel |
In bronze inscriptions, Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意): 林 (“forest”) + 𠦒 (“net”) – to set up a net in the forest for hunting.
The modern form descends from a variant that replaced 林 with 艸, later simplified as 屮 in small seal script, which corrupted further into 亠 in clerical script. The bottom component 𠦒 has corrupted into ⿱凶禸. Compare with 畢 and 禽.
Exists as traditional character, but also simplified from 離.

### Etymology 1

* For pronunciation and definitions of 离 – see 離 (“to depart”). (This character is the simplified form of 離).
* Notes:Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore.Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): chī (chi$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄔ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): ci$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: chī
*** Zhuyin: ㄔ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: chih
*** Wade–Giles: chʻih$^1$
*** Yale: chr̄
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chy
*** Palladius: чи (či)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: ci$^1$
*** Yale: chī
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tsi$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: qi$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰiː⁵⁵/
* 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 | ci$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*r̥aj/
    (Zhengzhang): /*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 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| No. | 7799 |
| Phonetic component | 离 |
| Rime group | 歌 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 摛 |
| Old Chinese | /*r̥ʰel/ |

#### Definitions

离
* a kind of legendary beast, Alternative form of 魑

### Etymology 3
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): lí (li$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): lei$^4$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: lí
*** Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: lí
*** Wade–Giles: li$^2$
*** Yale: lí
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: li
*** Palladius: ли (li)
*** Sinological IPA : /li³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: lei$^4$
*** Yale: lèih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: lei$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: léi$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /lei̯²¹/
* 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 | lei$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*rel/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 离 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| No. | 7783 |
| Phonetic component | 离 |
| Rime group | 歌 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 離 |
| Old Chinese | /*rel/ |

#### Definitions

离
* bright, alternative form of 離

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* rare beast
* strange
* elegant

#### Readings

* Go-on: ち (chi)、り (ri)
* Kan-on: ち (chi)、り (ri)

## Korean
### Hanja

离 • (ri>i) (hangeul 리>이, revised ri>i, McCune–Reischauer ri>i, Yale li>i)
* to leave
* to divide