# 離

| 離 | U+96E2, &#38626; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-96E2 |
| ← 雡 [U+96E1] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 難 → [U+96E3] |
| 離 | U+F9EA, &#63978; CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F9EA |
| ← 里 [U+F9E9] | CJK Compatibility Ideographs | 匿 → [U+F9EB] |

## Translingual
### Han character

離 (Kangxi radical 172, 隹+10, 18 strokes, cangjie input 卜月人土 (YBOG), four-corner 0041$_4$, composition ⿰离隹)

#### Derived characters

* 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

#### References

* 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

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

* Historical forms of the character 離
* Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
* Small seal script
| | 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 |
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".

### Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *g(r/l)aːj (“scatter, sow, dispersedly widely; wide; star”) (STEDT). See 侈 (OC *l̥ʰjalʔ, “extravagant”) for more.

### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): lí (li$^2$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˊ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): ni$^2$
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): lei$^4$ / lei$^6$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): lei$^3$
* Gan (Wiktionary): li$^4$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): lì
    (Hailu, HRS): li
    (Meixian, Guangdong): li$^2$
* Jin (Wiktionary): li$^1$
* Northern Min (KCR): lī
* Eastern Min (BUC): liè / liê
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): li$^5$ / li$^2$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): lī / lî
    (Teochew, Peng'im): li$^5$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$li
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): li$^2$
* 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/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: ni$^2$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: li
*** Sinological IPA : /ni²¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: lei$^4$ / lei$^6$
*** Yale: lèih / leih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: lei$^4$ / lei$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: léi$^4$ / léi$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /lei̯²¹/, /lei̯²²/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: lei$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /lei²²/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: li$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /li³⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lì
*** Hakka Romanization System: li$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: li$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /li¹¹/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: li
*** Sinological IPA: /li⁵⁵/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: li$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /li¹¹/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: li$^1$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /li¹¹/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: lī
*** Sinological IPA : /li⁵⁵/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: liè / liê
*** Sinological IPA : /l̃ie⁵³/, /l̃iɛ²⁴²/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian, Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: li$^5$
*** Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: lī
*** Sinological IPA : /li²¹/
** (Putian, Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: li$^2$
*** Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: lí
*** Sinological IPA : /li¹³/
* li5 - as in 離開;
* li2 - as in 離別.
* Dialectal data
| Variety | Location | edit離 |
| Mandarin | Beijing | /li³⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Harbin | /li²⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Tianjin | /li⁴⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Jinan | /li⁴²/ |
| Mandarin | Qingdao | /li⁴²/ |
| Mandarin | Zhengzhou | /li⁴²/ ～婚 /li³¹²/ ～開 |
| Mandarin | Xi'an | /li²⁴/ ～別 /li⁴⁴/ ～開 |
| Mandarin | Xining | /l̩²⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Yinchuan | /li⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Lanzhou | /li⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Ürümqi | /li⁵¹/ |
| Mandarin | Wuhan | /ni²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Chengdu | /ni³¹/ |
| Mandarin | Guiyang | /ni²¹/ |
| Mandarin | Kunming | /li³¹/ |
| Mandarin | Nanjing | /li²⁴/ /li⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Hefei | /zz̩⁵⁵/ |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /li¹¹/ |
| Jin | Pingyao | /li¹³/ ～別 /li³⁵/ 分開了 |
| Jin | Hohhot | /li³¹/ |
| Wu | Shanghai | /li²³/ |
| Wu | Suzhou | /li¹³/ |
| Wu | Hangzhou | /li¹³/ |
| Wu | Wenzhou | /lei³¹/ |
| Hui | Shexian | /li⁴⁴/ |
| Hui | Tunxi | /li⁴⁴/ |
| Xiang | Changsha | /li¹³/ |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | /ni¹²/ |
| Gan | Nanchang | /li⁴⁵/ |
| Hakka | Meixian | /li¹¹/ |
| Hakka | Taoyuan | /li¹¹/ |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /lei²¹/ |
| Cantonese | Nanning | /li²¹/ |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | /lei²¹/ |
| Min | Xiamen (Hokkien) | /li³⁵/ |
| Min | Fuzhou (Eastern Min) | /lie⁵³/ |
| Min | Jian'ou (Northern Min) | /li⁴⁴/ |
| Min | Shantou (Teochew) | /li⁵⁵/ |
| Min | Haikou (Hainanese) | /li³¹/ |
* Middle Chinese: lje
Rime :
| Character | 離 |
| Reading # | 1/3 |
| 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
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[r]aj/
    (Zhengzhang): /*rel/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 離 | 離 |
| Reading # | 1/3 | 2/3 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | lí | lí |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ lje › | ‹ lje › |
| Old Chinese | /*[r]aj/ | /*[r]aj/ |
| English | meet with, encounter | depart from |
| 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 | 離 |
| Reading # | 2/3 |
| No. | 7780 |
| Phonetic component | 离 |
| Rime group | 歌 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 離 |
| Old Chinese | /*rel/ |
| Notes | 甲文象隹入網羅， 離反爲省文 |

#### Definitions

離
* to leave; to depart
* to go away
* to separate
* (colloquial) to divorce
* away from
* ☲, the 3rd of the 8 trigrams
* ䷝, the 30th of the 64 I Ching hexagrams
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) Alternative form of 罹 (lí, “to suffer; to be hit with; to encounter”)
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) Alternative form of 縭 / 缡 (lí)
* a surname

##### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 離婚, 離異 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 離婚, 散 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 離婚 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chengde | 離婚 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 離婚 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 離婚, 打八刀 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Heihe | 離婚, 打八刀 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Qiqihar | 離婚, 打八刀 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 離婚, 打八刀 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jiamusi | 離婚, 打八刀 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Baicheng | 離婚, 打八刀 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Changchun | 離婚, 打八刀 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tonghua | 離婚, 打八刀 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 離婚, 跳槽 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jinzhou | 離婚, 八刀 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 離婚 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 離婚, 散 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 離婚, 散夥 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 離婚, 散 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 離婚, 散 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 離婚 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Lijin | 離婚 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 離婚 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dalian | 離婚 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dandong | 離婚, 打八刀 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai | 離婚 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 離婚 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Zhucheng | 離婚 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Lingbao | 離婚 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Jining | 離婚 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 離婚 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Linfen | 離婚 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Shangqiu | 離婚 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Yuanyang | 離婚 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 離婚 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xinyang | 離婚 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baihe | 離婚, 散 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 離婚 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baoji | 離婚, 散夥 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Tianshui | 離婚 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 離婚 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 離婚, 離 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Fuyang | 離婚 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 離婚 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 離婚 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Dunhuang | 離婚 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Hami | 離婚 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 離婚 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 離婚, 打脫離 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanchong | 離婚 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dazhou | 退婚, 退親 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanyuan | 離婚, 散 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xichang | 離婚 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zigong | 離婚, 打脫離 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 離婚, 打脫離 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 離婚, 脫離 dated, 打脫離 dated |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Yichang | 離婚, 拆婚 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xiangyang | 離婚 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Tianmen | 離婚, 散, 打脫離 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 離婚 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zunyi | 離婚 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Bijie | 離婚 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liping | 離婚 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zhaotong | 離婚 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dali | 離婚 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 離婚 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mengzi | 離婚 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 離婚 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 離婚 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Jishou | 離婚 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Changde | 脫離 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanzhong | 離婚 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 離婚, 離 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 離婚 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianyungang | 離婚, 離 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianshui | 離婚 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 離婚 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Anqing | 離婚, 打離婚 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Wuhu | 離婚, 打離婚 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 離婚 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hong'an | 離婚, 打脫離 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 離婚 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 離婚 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 離婚 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 離婚, 離 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 打離婚 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 離婚 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 離婚 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 離婚 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 離婚 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 離緣 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 離婚 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 離婚, 離 |
| Jin | Yangyuan | 離婚 |
| Jin | Datong | 離婚, 離 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 離婚 |
| Jin | Lüliang (Lishi) | 離婚 |
| Jin | Changzhi | 離婚 |
| Jin | Linhe | 離婚 |
| Jin | Jining | 離婚 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 離婚 |
| Jin | Erenhot | 離婚 |
| Jin | Pingshan | 離婚 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 離婚 |
| Jin | Handan | 離婚, 散 |
| Jin | Linzhou | 離婚 |
| Jin | Suide | 離婚 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 離婚, 離緣 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 離婚 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 離婚 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 離婚, 離緣 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 離婚, 相煞 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 離婚 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 離婚 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 離婚, 離 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 離婚, 離 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 離婚 |

#### Compounds

* 不即不離 / 不即不离 (bùjíbùlí)
* 不大離 / 不大离 (bùdàlí)
* 不離 / 不离 (bùlí)
* 不離眼 / 不离眼
* 乖離 / 乖离 (guāilí)
* 乖離率 / 乖离率
* 亂離 / 乱离 (luànlí)
* 人離家散 / 人离家散
* 人離鄉賤 / 人离乡贱 (rénlíxiāngjiàn)
* 休離 / 休离
* 仳離 / 仳离 (pǐlí)
* 侈離 / 侈离
* 侏離 / 侏离
* 倩女離魂 / 倩女离魂
* 偏離 / 偏离 (piānlí)
* 側離 / 侧离
* 光怪陸離 / 光怪陆离 (guāngguàilùlí)
* 光陸離 / 光陆离
* 兔羅雉離 / 兔罗雉离
* 分崩離析 / 分崩离析 (fēnbēnglíxī)
* 分離 / 分离 (fēnlí)
* 分離焦慮 / 分离焦虑
* 判決離婚 / 判决离婚
* 別離 / 别离 (biélí)
* 別鶴離鸞 / 别鹤离鸾
* 剝離 / 剥离 (bōlí)
* 剝離作用 / 剥离作用
* 勢合形離 / 势合形离
* 南離 / 南离
* 叛離 / 叛离 (pànlí)
* 可離 / 可离
* 四離四絕 / 四离四绝
* 垂直距離 / 垂直距离
* 垢離 / 垢离
* 夭矯離奇 / 夭矫离奇
* 奇幻迷離 / 奇幻迷离
* 好離好散 / 好离好散
* 妻離子散 / 妻离子散 (qīlízǐsàn)
* 孤離 / 孤离
* 安全距離 / 安全距离
* 寸步不離 / 寸步不离 (cùnbùbùlí)
* 將離 / 将离 (jiānglí)
* 屬毛離裡 / 属毛离里
* 差不離 / 差不离 (chàbùlí)
* 弩箭離絃 / 弩箭离弦
* 形影不離 / 形影不离 (xíngyǐngbùlí)
* 影不離燈 / 影不离灯
* 影形不離 / 影形不离
* 悲歡離合 / 悲欢离合 (bēihuānlíhé)
* 愛別離苦 / 爱别离苦
* 披離 / 披离
* 拋離 / 抛离
* 挑撥離間 / 挑拨离间 (tiǎobōlíjiàn)
* 摘離 / 摘离
* 撲朔迷離 / 扑朔迷离 (pūshuòmílí)
* 撤離 / 撤离 (chèlí)
* 擅離職守 / 擅离职守
* 攜離 / 携离
* 支離 / 支离 (zhīlí)
* 支離破碎 / 支离破碎 (zhīlípòsuì)
* 斑駁陸離 / 斑驳陆离 (bānbólùlí)
* 星離雨散 / 星离雨散
* 曲折離奇 / 曲折离奇 (qūzhélíqí)
* 會少離多 / 会少离多
* 月離於畢 / 月离于毕
* 有效距離 / 有效距离
* 林離 / 林离
* 死別生離 / 死别生离
* 流離 / 流离 (liúlí)
* 流離失所 / 流离失所 (liúlíshīsuǒ)
* 流離顛沛 / 流离颠沛
* 淋離 / 淋离 (línlí)
* 游離 / 游离 (yóulí)
* 游離層 / 游离层
* 游離票 / 游离票
* 游離輻射 / 游离辐射
* 漢鍾離 / 汉钟离
* 焦孟不離 / 焦孟不离
* 片刻不離 / 片刻不离
* 物離鄉貴 / 物离乡贵
* 瑣尾流離 / 琐尾流离
* 生別死離 / 生别死离
* 生離死別 / 生离死别 (shēnglísǐbié)
* 生離死絕 / 生离死绝
* 異夢離心 / 异梦离心
* 疏離 / 疏离 (shūlí)
* 疏離感 / 疏离感
* 相離 / 相离 (xiānglí)
* 眾叛親離 / 众叛亲离 (zhòngpànqīnlí)
* 眾散親離 / 众散亲离
* 眼離 / 眼离
* 破碎支離 / 破碎支离
* 破鏡分離 / 破镜分离
* 種族隔離 / 种族隔离 (zhǒngzú gélí)
* 絕俗離世 / 绝俗离世
* 網膜剝離 / 网膜剥离
* 纖離 / 纤离
* 背井離鄉 / 背井离乡 (bèijǐnglíxiāng)
* 背離 / 背离 (bèilí)
* 脣不離腮 / 唇不离腮
* 脫垢離塵 / 脱垢离尘
* 脫離 / 脱离 (tuōlí)
* 脫離常軌 / 脱离常轨
* 脫離苦海 / 脱离苦海
* 脫離速度 / 脱离速度
* 若即若離 / 若即若离 (ruòjíruòlí)
* 蕩析離居 / 荡析离居
* 行車距離 / 行车距离
* 親離眾叛 / 亲离众叛
* 調虎離山 / 调虎离山 (diàohǔlíshān)
* 貌合心離 / 貌合心离
* 貌合情離 / 貌合情离
* 貌合神離 / 貌合神离 (màohéshénlí)
* 貌合行離 / 貌合行离
* 距離 / 距离 (jùlí)
* 跬步不離 / 跬步不离
* 身首分離 / 身首分离
* 逃離 / 逃离 (táolí)
* 迷離 / 迷离 (mílí)
* 迷離倘恍 / 迷离倘恍
* 迷離撲朔 / 迷离扑朔
* 迷離顛倒 / 迷离颠倒
* 遁世離群 / 遁世离群
* 遠離 / 远离 (yuǎnlí)
* 遷離 / 迁离
* 避世離俗 / 避世离俗
* 郁離子
* 鈉離子 / 钠离子
* 鍾離 / 钟离 (Zhōnglí)
* 長離 / 长离
* 陸離 / 陆离 (lùlí)
* 陸離光怪 / 陆离光怪
* 陰離子 / 阴离子 (yīnlízǐ)
* 陸離斑駁 / 陆离斑驳
* 陽離子 / 阳离子 (yánglízǐ)
* 隔離 / 隔离 (gélí)
* 隔離病房 / 隔离病房
* 離不得 / 离不得
* 離不開 / 离不开 (líbùkāi)
* 離世 / 离世 (líshì)
* 離亂 / 离乱
* 離休 / 离休 (líxiū)
* 離任 / 离任 (lírèn)
* 離俗 / 离俗
* 離分 / 离分 (lífēn)
* 離別 / 离别 (líbié)
* 離去 / 离去 (líqù)
* 離叛 / 离叛
* 離合 / 离合 (líhé)
* 離合器 / 离合器 (líhéqì)
* 離合悲歡 / 离合悲欢
* 離合詩 / 离合诗
* 離土 / 离土
* 離地 / 离地 (lídì)
* 離垢 / 离垢 (lígòu)
* 離堆山 / 离堆山
* 離境 / 离境 (líjìng)
* 離奇 / 离奇 (líqí)
* 離奇曲折 / 离奇曲折
* 離娘飯 / 离娘饭
* 離婚 / 离婚 (líhūn)
* 離婁 / 离娄
* 離婁之明 / 离娄之明
* 離婚率 / 离婚率
* 離子 / 离子 (lízǐ)
* 離宮 / 离宫
* 離家 / 离家 (líjiā)
* 離家出走 / 离家出走 (líjiāchūzǒu)
* 離尤 / 离尤
* 離山窵遠 / 离山窎远
* 離島 / 离岛 (lídǎo)
* 離峰用電 / 离峰用电
* 離席 / 离席 (líxí)
* 離心 / 离心 (líxīn)
* 離心力 / 离心力 (líxīnlì)
* 離心率 / 离心率 (líxīnlǜ)
* 離心泵 / 离心泵
* 離心離德 / 离心离德 (líxīnlídé)
* 離恨 / 离恨
* 離恨天 / 离恨天
* 離情 / 离情 (líqíng)
* 離情依依 / 离情依依
* 離情別緒 / 离情别绪
* 離愁 / 离愁 (líchóu)
* 離憂 / 离忧
* 離披 / 离披
* 離拆 / 离拆
* 離散 / 离散 (lísàn)
* 離書 / 离书
* 離會 / 离会
* 離析 / 离析
* 離格 / 离格 (lígé, “ablative case”)
* 離校 / 离校
* 離格兒 / 离格儿
* 離棄 / 离弃 (líqì)
* 離樓 / 离楼
* 離母 / 离母
* 離瓣花冠 / 离瓣花冠
* 離異 / 离异 (líyì)
* 離石 / 离石 (Líshí)
* 離簁 / 离簁
* 離經叛道 / 离经叛道 (líjīngpàndào)
* 離線 / 离线 (líxiàn)
* 離線作業 / 离线作业
* 離纚 / 离𫄥
* 離缺 / 离缺
* 離群 / 离群 (líqún)
* 離群索居 / 离群索居 (líqúnsuǒjū)
* 離職 / 离职 (lízhí)
* 離股兒 / 离股儿
* 離脫 / 离脱
* 離腸 / 离肠
* 離萼 / 离萼
* 離落 / 离落
* 離蓰 / 离蓰
* 離褷 / 离褷
* 離譜 / 离谱 (lípǔ)
* 離貳 / 离贰
* 離轍 / 离辙
* 離逖 / 离逖 (lítì)
* 離鄉 / 离乡 (líxiāng)
* 離鄉別井 / 离乡别井 (líxiāngbiéjǐng)
* 離鄉背井 / 离乡背井 (líxiāngbèijǐng)
* 離鄉背土 / 离乡背土
* 離鄉避井 / 离乡避井
* 離門離戶 / 离门离户
* 離開 / 离开 (líkāi)
* 離間 / 离间 (líjiàn)
* 離隊 / 离队
* 離隔 / 离隔
* 離離 / 离离
* 離離蔚蔚 / 离离蔚蔚
* 離靡 / 离靡
* 離題 / 离题 (lítí)
* 離題萬里 / 离题万里 (lítíwànlǐ)
* 離騷 / 离骚
* 離魂病 / 离魂病
* 離魂記 / 离魂记
* 離鸞別鳳 / 离鸾别凤
* 顛沛流離 / 颠沛流离 (diānpèiliúlí)
* 飛遯離俗 / 飞遁离俗
* 飛離 / 飞离
* 首身分離 / 首身分离
* 驅離 / 驱离
* 骨肉分離 / 骨肉分离 (gǔròu fēnlí)
* 骨肉離散 / 骨肉离散
* 骨肉離異 / 骨肉离异
* 魚網鴻離 / 鱼网鸿离
* 黍離 / 黍离 (shǔlí)
* 黍離麥秀 / 黍离麦秀

#### Descendants

* → Vietnamese: lìa

### Pronunciation 2

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): lì (li$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˋ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: lì
*** Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: lì
*** Wade–Giles: li$^4$
*** Yale: lì
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lih
*** Palladius: ли (li)
*** Sinological IPA : /li⁵¹/
* Middle Chinese: ljeH
Rime :
| Character | 離 |
| Reading # | 2/3 |
| Initial (聲) | 來 (37) |
| Final (韻) | 支 (11) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 力智切 |
| Baxter | ljeH |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /liᴇ$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /liɛ$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ljɛ$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /liə̆$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /lie$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /lǐe$^H$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /lie̯$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | lì |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | lei$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*raj-s/
    (Zhengzhang): /*rels/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 離 |
| Reading # | 3/3 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | lì |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ lje$^H$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*raj-s/ |
| English | reject |
| 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 | 離 |
| Reading # | 3/3 |
| No. | 7794 |
| Phonetic component | 离 |
| Rime group | 歌 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 詈 |
| Old Chinese | /*rels/ |

#### Definitions

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

### Pronunciation 3

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): lì (li$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˋ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: lì
*** Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: lì
*** Wade–Giles: li$^4$
*** Yale: lì
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lih
*** Palladius: ли (li)
*** Sinological IPA : /li⁵¹/
* Middle Chinese: lejH
Rime :
| Character | 離 |
| Reading # | 3/3 |
| Initial (聲) | 來 (37) |
| Final (韻) | 齊 (39) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | IV |
| Fanqie | 郎計切 |
| Baxter | lejH |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /lei$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /lei$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /lɛi$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /lɛj$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /lei$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /liei$^H$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /liei$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | lì |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | lai$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*reːls/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 離 |
| Reading # | 1/3 |
| No. | 7779 |
| Phonetic component | 离 |
| Rime group | 歌 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 麗 |
| Old Chinese | /*reːls/ |

#### Definitions

離
* Alternative form of 麗 / 丽 (“to adhere; to attach to”)

### Pronunciation 4

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): lǐ (li$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˇ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: lǐ
*** Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: lǐ
*** Wade–Giles: li$^3$
*** Yale: lǐ
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lii
*** Palladius: ли (li)
*** Sinological IPA : /li²¹⁴/

#### Definitions

離
* Only used in 離跂／离跂.

### Pronunciation 5

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): chī (chi$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄔ
* 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/

#### Definitions

離
* Alternative form of 螭 (chī, “a kind of dragon”)
* Alternative form of 离 (“a kind of legendary beast”)

### Pronunciation 6

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): gǔ (gu$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨˇ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: gǔ
*** Zhuyin: ㄍㄨˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: gǔ
*** Wade–Giles: ku$^3$
*** Yale: gǔ
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guu
*** Palladius: гу (gu)
*** Sinological IPA : /ku²¹⁴/

#### Definitions

離
* Only used in 離瞀／离瞀.

#### References

* “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”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.
* “離”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.
* 李如龙 [Li, Ru-long], 刘福铸 [Liu, Fu-zhu], 吴华英 [Wu, Hua-ying], 黄国城 [Huang, Guo-cheng] (2019) “离 (～开)”, in 莆仙方言调查报告 [Investigation Report on Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 158.
* 李如龙 [Li, Ru-long], 刘福铸 [Liu, Fu-zhu], 吴华英 [Wu, Hua-ying], 黄国城 [Huang, Guo-cheng] (2019) “离 (～别)”, in 莆仙方言调查报告 [Investigation Report on Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 158.

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Jōyō kanji)
* separate, detach, digress

#### Readings

* 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)

#### Compounds

* 離(り)間(かん) (rikan)
* 離(り)婚(こん) (rikon, “divorce”)
* 離(り)脱(だつ) (ridatsu)
* 離(り)別(べつ) (ribetsu, “separation”)
* 乖(かい)離(り) (kairi)
* 距(きょ)離(り) (kyori, “distance”)
* 不(ふ)即(そく)不(ふ)離(り) (fusokufuri)
* 分(ぶん)離(り) (bunri, “isolation”)

### Etymology

* Kanji in this term
* 離
* り Grade: S
* on'yomi

### Noun

離(り) • (ri)
* the third of the eight trigrams of the I Ching ☲
    Hypernym: 八卦
    Coordinate terms: 乾, 兌, 離, 震, 巽, 坎, 艮, 坤
* the thirtieth of the sixty-four hexagrams of the I Ching ䷝
    Hypernym: 六十四卦

## Korean
### Etymology 1

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

#### Pronunciation

* (initial position)
** (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA: [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: [ɾi]
** Phonetic hangul: [리]

#### Hanja

Wikisource 離 (eumhun 떠날 리 (tteonal ri), word-initial (South Korea) 떠날 이 (tteonal i))
* hanja form of 리/이 (“to leave”)
* hanja form of 리/이 (“separation; departure”)
* hanja form of 리/이 (“division”)

#### Compounds

* 가시거리 (可視距離, gasigeori, “visibility”)
* 거리 (距離, geori, “distance”)
* 격리 (隔離, gyeongni, “isolation”)
* 괴리 (乖離, goeri, “estrangement”)
* 난리 (亂離, nalli, “fuss, mess, panic”)
* 분리 (分離, bulli, “separation”)
* 사거리 (射距離, sageori, “range (of a weapon)”)
* 이간질 (離間질, iganjil, “to come between, alienate something from others”)
* 이륙 (離陸, iryuk, “take off”)
* 이별 (離別, ibyeol, “farewell, parting”)
* 이산 (離散, isan, “dispersion”)
* 이직 (離職, ijik, “move one's job”)
* 이탈 (離脫, ital, “breakaway”)
* 이혼 (離婚, ihon, “divorce”)
* 출리 (出離, chulli)

### Etymology 2

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

#### Hanja

離 (eumhun 교룡(蛟龍) 치) 離 (eumhun 맹수(猛獸) 치)
* (literary Chinese) Alternative form of 螭 (“hanja form of 치 (“a kind of dragon”)”)
* (literary Chinese) Alternative form of 离 (“hanja form of 치 (“a kind of legendary beast”)”)

### Etymology 3

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

#### Hanja

離 (eumhun 붙을 려 (buteul ryeo), word-initial (South Korea) 붙을 여 (buteul yeo)) 離 (eumhun 나란히 할 려 (naranhi hal ryeo), word-initial (South Korea) 나란히 할 여 (naranhi hal yeo))
* (literary Chinese) Alternative form of 麗 (“hanja form of 려/여 (“to adhere”)”)
* (literary Chinese) Alternative form of 儷 (“hanja form of 려/여 (“in pair”)”)

### References

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

## Vietnamese
### Han character

離: Hán Nôm readings: li, ly, le, lè, lì, lìa, lia
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

#### References

* Nom Foundation