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离

Traditional: 離

chī

HSK 3.0 · 2HSK 2.0 · 2

chī

  1. mythical beast (archaic)

lí · lei4 (Jyutping)

  1. to leave
  2. to part from
  3. to be away from
  4. (in giving distances) from
  5. without (sth)
  6. independent of
  7. one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing fire
  8. ☲
  9. surname Li

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Character breakdown

离

Meaning
rare beast; strange; elegant
Radical
禸
Strokes
10
Components
⿱⿱亠凶禸
Cangjie
YUKB
Four-corner
0022.7

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