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CHINESE CHARACTER

lí

离

离

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distant/apart from

Numbered pinyin
li2
English meanings
distant/apart from

Stroke practice

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BUILDING BLOCKS

Structure & components

Top–bottom structure

Top–bottom arrangement: top (Top–bottom arrangement: top 亠; bottom 凶.); bottom 禸.

  • Top

    ⿱
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    • Top

      亠
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    • Bottom

      凶
      Explore parts · Enclosed from below
  • Bottom

    禸
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This breakdown describes the written shape. A component's meaning does not always explain the meaning of the whole character.

Decomposition reference

⿱⿱亠凶禸

Source: Make Me a Hanzi (LGPL-3.0-or-later)
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Homophones

Characters with the same pinyin, regardless of tone.

Example sentences

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  1. 01

    xuéxiào学校lí离wǒ我jiā家hěn很jìn近。

    School is close to my home.

  2. 02

    lí离ChūnJié春节háiyǒu还有sān三tiān天。

    Three days until Spring Festival.

  3. 03

    bié别lí离wǒ我tài太yuǎn远。

    Don't go too far from me.

  4. 04

    tā他lí离zhèr这儿hěn很jìn近。

    He lives close to here.

  5. 05

    lí离chūfā出发háiyǒu还有yīhuìr一会儿。

    A while until departure.

  6. 06

    lí离jiā家hěn很jiǔ久le了。

    Away from home a long time.

Explore words connected to this character.

  • 分离
  • 形影不离
  • 悲欢离合
  • 撤离
  • 离不开
  • 离奇
  • 离婚
  • 离开
  • 离职
  • 离谱儿
  • 脱离
  • 距离
  • 远离
  • 隔离