Memory phrase for the character: 離
離
Meaning
separate, leave, apart Pronunciation RI hana reru/su Explanation Left: 离 (lid 亠, bad luck 凶 (here: marked container), var. of scorpion 禺 (only hind legs 冂, stinger ム), right: bird 隹
Mnemonic
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Puts the lid on the container, because otherwise the scorpions and birds would leave. Radicals
禺
Scorpion The scorpion is the insect 虫 with the stinger ム between the long hind legs 冂.
隹
bird Two characters are equally used for bird, namely 鳥 and 隹.
亠
cover Other covers are: 冖
凶
bad luck The container 凵 is marked with a cross 㐅 because it contains bad luck.
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Vocabulary
距離 きょり
distance
6596
分離 ぶんり
separation, detachment, segregation, isolation
925
離す はなす
to part, divide, separate
6315
離れる はなれる
to be separated from, to leave, to go away, to be a long way off
6316
離婚 りこん
divorce
6317
走行距離
そうこうきょり
distance travelled, mileage
8503
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