Memory phrase for the Kanji: 離

離

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Meaning separate, leave, apart

Pronunciation

RI
hanareru/su

Explanation

Left: 离 (lid 亠, bad luck 凶 (here: marked container), var. of scorpion 禺 (only hind legs 冂, sting ム), right: bird 隹

Mnemonic
 
Puts the lid on the container, because otherwise the scorpions and birds would leave.

Radicals

禺 Scorpion
隹 birdTwo symbols are equally used for bird, namely 鳥 and 隹.
亠 coverOther covers are: 冖
凶 bad luckThe container 凵 is marked with a cross 㐅 because it contains bad luck.
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 Vocabulary

距離 きょり  distance
分離 ぶんり  separation, detachment, segregation, isolation
離す はなす  to part, divide, separate
離れる はなれる  to be separated from, to leave, to go away, to be a long way off
離婚 りこん  divorce
走行距離 そうこうきょり  distance travelled, mileage​

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