Kanji 離: "detach, separation, disjoin"

Stroke order

Strokes are written in the order of the numbers. The order is not decorative: it is what gives the character its balance, and it is also how handwriting search works in Japanese dictionaries.

Readings

In a kun'yomi reading, the dot separates the kanji from its okurigana: かた.る is read かたる and written 語る. A hyphen marks a bound position, like -び in 日.

At a glance

Common words with 離

The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.

• 離はなれるto be separated; to be apart; to be distant · to leave; to go away
• 距きょ離りdistance; range; interval · difference (e.g. in opinion); gap; distance
• 離はなすto separate; to part; to divide; to keep apart
• 距きょ離りを取とるprendre ses distances, garder ses distances
• 離り婚こんdivorce
• 目めを離はなすto take one's eyes off
• 引ひき離はなすto pull apart; to separate · to have a lead over; to pull ahead of; to outdistance
• 離り脱だつwithdrawal; secession; separation; breakaway
• 切きり離はなすto cut off (from); to separate; to detach; to sever
• 離はなれdetached building; solitary house; room detached from main house
• 距きょ離りを置おくto distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)
• かけ離はなれるto be far apart (from); to be a long way off (from); to be remote; to be distant · to be very different (from); to be quite unlike; to be far from (e.g. the truth); to be far removed (from)

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