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离
離
Lí
1. surname Li
HSK 2 Very Common • Top 0% ✏️ 11 strokes Noun

Character Breakdown (Single character)

离
lí
rare beast; strange; elegant
HSK 2 10 丶

Compound Words (20)

离职
lízhí
to retire
脱离
tuōlí
to separate oneself from
HSK 6
离弃
líqì
abandon
离线
líxiàn
offline (computing)
离队
líduì
to leave one's post
驱离
qūlí
to drive away
离愁
líchóu
parting sorrow
离散
lísàn
(of family members) separated from one another
离独
lídú
to be divorced
离索
lísuǒ
(literary) desolate and lonely
离合
líhé
clutch (in car gearbox)
离间
líjiàn
to drive a wedge between (allies, partners etc)
离骚
LíSāo
Sorrow at Parting, poem by Qu Yuan [[屈原]] in Songs of Chu [[楚辭|楚辞]]
驶离
shǐlí
to steer (the plane) away from
离世
líshì
to pass away
距离
jùlí
distance
HSK 4
游离
yóulí
to disassociate
逃离
táolí
to run out
迁离
qiānlí
to move away
离港
lígǎng
to leave harbor

Alternate Entries

离
lí
mythical beast (archaic)
HSK 2
离
lí
to leave / to part from / to be away from / (in giving distances) from / without (sth) / independent of / one of the Eight Trigrams [[八卦<bāguà>]], symbolizing fire / [[☲]]
HSK 2

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
2
Character Frequency Rank
417
Word Frequency Rank
132 of 84,292