Memory phrase for the character: 离

离

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Meaning to leave, to part from, distant, without sth.

Pronunciation

lí

Explanation

Top: trash can 㐫 (cover 亠 and grim 凶 [= container 凵 with dreadful 㐅 content]), below: 禸 (part of scorpion 禺)

Mnemonic
 
Into the trash with the scorpion, so that it "leaves" us.

Radicals

离 to part from
禺 Scorpion
㐫 trash canAt the top a cover 亠 and below "fearful 㐫" which is free interpreted as "trash can".
凶 fierce, fearfulWe have marked this container 凵 with a cross 㐅 because it brings bad luck.
禸 trackEtymologically this is derived from a trace, but is seen in the Hanzi-Trainer as the lower part of the insect 禺.
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 Vocabulary

离子 lí zǐ  ion
颠沛流离 diān pèi liú lí  homeless and miserable (idiom); to wander about in a desperate plight; to drift
擅离职守 shàn lí zhí shǒu  AWOL (Absent Without Leave, military term)
隔离 gé lí  to separate; to isolate
游离 yóu lí  to disassociate; to drift away; to leave (a collective); free (component)
离心 lí xīn  centrifugal (force)
离合器 lí hé qì  clutch
脱离 tuō lí  to separate oneself from; to break away from, abscission
距离 jù lí  distance; to be apart
电离 diàn lí  ion; ionized (e.g. gas)
等离子体 děng lí zǐ tǐ  plasma (physics)
等离子体 děng lí zǐ tǐ  

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