離
離 — Detach
detach, separation, disjoin, digress
On’yomiリ (ri)
Kun’yomiはなれる (hanareru)
Kun’yomiはなす (hanasu)
Stroke order (19 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 離
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 距離 | きょり kyori | distance; range; interval |
| 分離 | ぶんり bunri | separation; partition; detachment |
| 離れる | はなれる hanareru | to be separated; to be apart; to be distant |
| 離婚 | りこん rikon | divorce |
| 離脱 | りだつ ridatsu | withdrawal; secession; separation |
| 離党 | りとう ritou | secession from a political party |
Study notes
離 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 19 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #555 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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