Dong Chinese dictionary

lí

leave

Original meaning:

catch a bird

Depicts a bird (隹) being caught in a bird trap (罕). Based on the original meaning "catch a bird". The meaning later shifted to "reject", "separate", and "leave".

Components

罕 Iconic component

hǎn

rare

Depicts a bird trap.

Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 罕 than it was in ancient scripts.

隹 Iconic component

zhuī

bird

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

离 (離)

lí

leave, depart; go away; separate; to leave; to part from; to be away from; (in giving distances) from; without (sth); independent of; one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[bāguà], symbolizing fire; ☲

离 (離)

Lí

surname Li

Most common words with 離