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

Derived characters

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

References

KangXi: page 848, character 7

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24888

Dae Jaweon: page 1270, character 2

Hanyu Da Zidian: 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

Pictogram (象形) – an animal, with head at top and butt and tail (厶) at bottom; compare tail in 鬼.

Exists as traditional character, but also simplified from 離, in sense “depart”.

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.		离
variant forms		𡴥

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chī (chi¹)
(Zhuyin): ㄔ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ci¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: chī
  - Zhuyin: ㄔ
  - Wade–Giles: ch'ih¹
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chy
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chih
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ci¹
  - Yale: chī
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsi¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: qi¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiː⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese: /ʈʰˠiᴇ/▼

Rime
Character	离
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	徹 (10)
Final (韻)	支 (13)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	Chongniu III
Fanqie	丑知切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʈʰˠiᴇ/
Pan Wuyun	/ʈʰᵚiɛ/
Shao Rongfen	/ȶʰiɛ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʈʰjiə̆/
Li Rong	/ȶʰje/
Wang Li	/ȶʰǐe/
Bernard Karlgren	/ȶʰie̯/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chī

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.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): lí (li²)
(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): lei⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: lí
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˊ
  - Wade–Giles: lih²
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: li
  - Tongyong Pinyin: lí
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /li³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: lei⁴
  - Yale: lèih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lei⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: léi⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lei̯²¹/

Middle Chinese: /liᴇ/▼

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
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/liᴇ/
Pan Wuyun	/liɛ/
Shao Rongfen	/ljɛ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/liə̆/
Li Rong	/lie/
Wang Li	/lǐe/
Bernard Karlgren	/lie̯/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lí

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

离

(uncommon “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