離 — 19 strokes ／ Radical「隹」
道4Junior high level ／ 19 strokes ／ Radical「隹」
- On
- リり · ri
- Kun
- はな(れる)・はな(す)hana(reru) · hana(su)
- Meaning
- separate; leave
Stroke order
Origin
隹 "bird" with 离: a bird taking flight and going away — to separate, to leave.
Readings and examples
| Onリりri | 離別りべつ距離きょり分離ぶんり |
|---|---|
| Kunはなれるhanareru | 離れるはなれる離れはなれ乳離れちばなれ Compare: 放れる |
| Kunはなすhanasu | 離すはなす Compare: 放す |
Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.
Compounds
- 距離きょり
distance
- 離れるはなれる
to leave; to be apart
- 等距離とうきょり
- 隔離かくり
- 離婁りろう
- 乖離かいり
Example
駅から家までの距離は近い。
The distance from the station to my house is short.
Idioms with this kanji
Nearby characters
The line style shows how they connect
CompoundRadicalReading
Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)