离

See also: 離

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

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

离 (Kangxi radical 114, 禸+6, 11 strokes, cangjie input 卜山大月 (YUKB), four-corner 0022₇, 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

Characters in the same phonetic series (离) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	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

trad.		离
simp. #		离
alternative forms		𡴥

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chī (chi¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄔ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ci¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chī
    • Zhuyin: ㄔ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chih
    • Wade–Giles: chʻih¹
    • Yale: chr̄
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chy
    • Palladius: чи (či)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ci¹
    • Yale: chī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsi¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: qi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiː⁵⁵/

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• 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	ci1

• 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

1. a kind of legendary beast, alternative form of 魑

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lí (li²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lei⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lí
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lí
    • Wade–Giles: li²
    • Yale: lí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: li
    • Palladius: ли (li)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: lei⁴
    • Yale: lèih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lei⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: léi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lei̯²¹/

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• 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	lei4

• 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

1. bright, alternative form of 離

Japanese

Kanji

离

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. rare beast
2. strange
3. 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)

1. to leave
2. to divide