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离

离

See also: 離

Translingual

Stroke order

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

Han character

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

  1. Chinese oriole

Derived characters

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

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of 离 – see 離.
(This character, 离, is the simplified form of 離.)
Notes:

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.
 离

Pronunciation

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
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. rare beast
  2. strange
  3. elegant

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

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
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

Japanese

Kanji

离

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. rare beast
  2. strange
  3. elegant

Readings

Korean

Hanja

离 • ‎(ri>i) (hangeul 리>이, revised ri>i, McCune-Reischauer ri>i, Yale li>i)

  1. to leave
  2. to divide

Etymology

Historical forms of the character 离
Bronze inscriptions Large seal script Small seal script
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. Graphically but not etymologically, 亠 + 凶 + 禸.

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