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Kanji Detail for 離 - "separate, part, leave"

  • Meaning

    離 means "separate, part, leave."

    1. To separate - To part; to divide.

    2. To catch - To get caught.

    3. To line up - To stand in a row.

    4. To attach - To stick; to adhere.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    detach; separation; disjoin; digress

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    leave, depart; go away; separate; trigram ☲; hexagram ䷝

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    surname Li

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    rare beast; strange; elegant

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    To disperse. When near it is called 離. When far it is called 別. | To attach. The Book of Odes says: "Not attached to the village." Meaning not attaching to the village. | 離離. Like 歷歷 (distinct and clear).
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