離
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lí · rare beast

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Writing notes

Shape and proportion

18Total strokes

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Left-rightCharacter structure

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隹Key radical

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Vocabulary in context

Common words with 離

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Example sentences

Notice where 離 sits in each complete thought.

Wǒ yào wǒ suǒ yǒu de jiā rén lí kāi jiā.我要我所有的家人離開家。

I made my whole family leave home.

Source: Tatoeba #908534 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Chú le wǒ méi yǒu rén lí kāi.除了我没有人離開。

I was the only one to leave.

Source: Tatoeba #801457 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Wǒ yāoqiú tā lí qù.我要求她離去。

I demanded that she should go.

Source: Tatoeba #372358 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Wǒ yào nǐ lí wǒ yuǎn yì diǎn我要你離我遠一點

I want you to get off my back.

Source: Tatoeba #11841637 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Kǎi tè shǐ tā de jiā rén lí jiā chū zǒu.凱特使她的家人離家出走。

Kate made her family leave home.

Source: Tatoeba #819025 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Wǒ yì lí kāi jiā jiù yù jiàn le tā.我一離開家就遇見了她。

As soon as I left home, I ran into her.

Source: Tatoeba #886531 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Turn reference into recall

How to study 離 in context

  1. Say lí, then recall the core meaning: rare beast.
  2. Write all 18 strokes while keeping the left-right balanced.
  3. Read the complete sentence aloud once, then cover the translation and explain how 離 works in that context.

Definitions and traditional forms are compiled from Make Me a Hanzi, HSK curriculum data, and CC-CEDICT. Sourced example sentences link to Tatoeba; editorial examples are labeled separately. Review data sources and licenses.