The kanji 離: meaning, readings and stroke order

離

Meaning: leave, separate
On reading: リ ri
Kun reading: はな（れる） hanareru、はな（す） hanasu
Strokes: 19
Radical: 隹 small bird
Level: Level 7 · junior high school

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: rời xa, tách ra (ly)
Japanese: はなれる。はなす。
Korean: 떨어지다, 떼다 (리·이)
Chinese: 离开、分开 (离)

Readings, words and example sentences

リ ri · on reading

離り陸りく
takeoff
飛行機がゆっくり 離り陸りくします。
The plane slowly takes off.

はな（れる） hanareru · kun reading

離はなれる
to be away from, to be apart
家から少し 離はなれた 学校です。
The school is a little way from my home.

はな（す） hanasu · kun reading

離はなす
to let go of
手を 離はなさないで ください。
Please don't let go of my hand.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.