• 418th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.05% to your reading coverage
  • 3 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 149 words
  • Component in 12 characters

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph available
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (li2)mythical beast (archaic)
2. (Li2)surname Li
3. (li2)to leave • to part from • to be away from • (in giving distances) from • without (sth) • independent of • one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing fire • ☲

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for (li2)The component is pronounced as '' (yi4). It has the same pinyin final.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

距离 (距離)
远离 (遠離)
离婚 (離婚)
离开 (離開)

Uncommon

偏离 (偏離)
分离 (分離)
别离 (別離)
形影不离 (形影不離)
悲欢离合 (悲歡離合)
撤离 (撤離)
支离破碎 (支離破碎)
流离 (流離)
脱离 (脫離)
迷离 (迷離)
逃离 (逃離)
游离 (遊離)
隔离 (隔離)
隔离霜 (隔離霜)
离别 (離別)
离去 (離去)
离合 (離合)
离奇 (離奇)
离家出走 (離家出走)
离弃 (離棄)
离线 (離線)
离职 (離職)
离谱 (離譜)
离间 (離間)

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  • 708th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.03% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 163 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (yi4)different • other • hetero- • unusual • strange • surprising • to distinguish • to separate • to discriminate

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for (yi4)The component is pronounced as '' (si4). It has the same pinyin final.
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Example Words

Common

差异 (差異)
异地 (異地)
异常 (異常)
异性 (異性)
诡异 (詭異)

Uncommon

优异 (優異)
同分异构体 (同分異構體)
因人而异 (因人而異)
大同小异 (大同小異)
大放异彩 (大放異彩)
奇异 (奇異)
奇异果 (奇異果)
怪异 (怪異)
日新月异 (日新月異)
标新立异 (標新立異)
求同存异 (求同存異)
无异 (無異)
特异 (特異)
异化 (異化)
异口同声 (異口同聲)
异同 (異同)
异国 (異國)
异地恋 (異地戀)
异域 (異域)
异形 (異形)
异性恋 (異性戀)
异想天开 (異想天開)
异教徒 (異教徒)
异曲同工 (異曲同工)
异样 (異樣)
异母 (異母)
异物 (異物)
异能 (異能)
异议 (異議)
异乡 (異鄉)
见异思迁 (見異思遷)
讶异 (訝異)
诧异 (詫異)
变异 (變異)
离异 (離異)
灵异 (靈異)
惊异 (驚異)
党同伐异 (黨同伐異)

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Decomposition Levels:
Level 1 - Once: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2 - Radical: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3 - Graphical: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
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