離
離 - 1. to separate; to part; to divide; to be apart E.g.: 離縁 (divorce), 離散 (dispersion), 距離 (distance) 2. one of the eight trigrams of the I Ching, represents fire, south, etc. 3. to line up; to be arranged 4. to attach; to adhere 5. to hang; to be caught; to cling
離 (はな.れる はな.す) — to separate; to part; to divide; to be apart<br>E. one of the eight trigrams of the I Ching, represents fire, south, etc.
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Kunyomi
はな.れる;はな.す
Onyomi
リ
Strokes
19
JLPT
N1
Frequency 
#555/2500
Composition
隹 离
Meaning
- to separate; to part; to divide; to be apart
E. one of the eight trigrams of the I Ching, represents fire, south, etc.
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Examples of classification by reading method
Kunyomi
はな.れる
はな.す
Onyomi
Example
離
hana
れてみれば
retemireba
尊敬
sonkei
は
ha
増
ma
す
su
。
.
Respect is greater from a distance.
離陸
ririku
の
no
時
toki
って
tte
耳
mimi
が
ga
ツン
tsun
とする
tosuru
。
.
Your ears pop when the plane takes off.
離陸
ririku
の
no
時
toki
って
tte
耳
mimi
が
ga
ツン
tsun
とする
tosuru
。
.
Your ears pop when the plane takes off.
離婚
rikon
するんじゃないかしら
surunjanaikashira
。
.
I wonder if they'll get divorced.
肉離
nikubana
れを
rewo
起
o
こしました
koshimashita
。
.
I pulled a muscle.
距離
kyori
が
ga
判断
handan
できません
dekimasen
。
.
I can't judge distance.
手
te
を
wo
離
hana
せ
se
。
.
Take your hands off me.
船
fune
を
wo
離
hana
れろ
rero
。
.
Abandon ship!
彼
kare
は
ha
離党
ritou
した
shita
。
.
He severed himself from the party.
私
watashi
は
ha
離婚
rikon
した
shita
。
.
I got divorced.
手
te
を
wo
離
hana
すなよ
sunayo
。
.
Don't let go.
手
te
を
wo
離
hana
してくれ
shitekure
。
.
Take your hands off me.
