離

離 — detach, separation, disjoin

JLPT: JLPT N1
Strokes: 19
Taught in: Secondary school
Frequency: #555 most common

Readings

On'yomi came with the character from Chinese; kun'yomi is the native Japanese word it was borrowed for. A dot marks where okurigana takes over, a hyphen marks a prefix or suffix position.

On'yomi: り ri
Kun'yomi: はな.れる hana.reru

はな.す hana.su

Example words for this kanji are being written.

Words that use 離

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