The Chinese Radical: 离


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Meaning
to part from    离

Explanation The lower part 禸 shows two hind legs 冂 and the sting 厶 from a scorpion. It shall be put into a trash can 㐫 so that it leaves us.

Used in these characters:
离
JLPT HSK 2
to leave, to part from, distant, without sth.
lí
离 禺 㐫 凶 禸
Top: trash can 㐫 (cover 亠 and grim 凶 [= container 凵 with dreadful 㐅 content]), below: 禸 (part of scorpion 禺)
Into the trash with the scorpion, so that it "leaves" us.  
璃
JLPT HSK 5
glass, colored glaze
lí
王 离 禺 㐫 禸
Left: king, jade 王, right: to part from 离 (Use the trash 㐫 can for the scorpion 禺, so that it "leaves" us.) [禺 = scorpion 田,禸 with hint legs 冂 and the sting 厶]
The king has a pot with scorpions that is made of glass. [Or: The "jade" of the pot with scorpions is: glass.]  
禽
JLPT HSK 6
poultry, generic term for birds
qín
禸 㐫 离
Top: person 人, bottom: to part from 离 (Use the trash 㐫 can for the scorpion 禺 [you see 禸 =the hint legs 冂 and the sting 厶], so that it "leaves" us.)
The image of a chicken coop 㐫 with a ladder 禸 stands: for poultry.  
擒
JLPT no HSK
to capture, catch, seize, arrest
qín
扌 禸 㐫 离
Left hand 扌, right: poultry 禽 (The image of a chicken coop with a ladder 禸 stands: for poultry)
By hand the poultry can be: captured.  
篱
JLPT no HSK
a fence, hedge
lí
竹 㐫 离
Top: bamboo 竹, bottom: to part from 离 (Use the trash 㐫 can for the scorpion 禺 [you see 禸 =hint legs 冂 and the sting 厶], so that it "leaves" us.)
Use bamboo to avoid a "leaving" by building a: fence.  
漓
JLPT no HSK
seep through, dripping wet, dripping of sweat
lí
氵 㐫 离
Left: water 氵, right: to part from 离 (Use the trash 㐫 can for the scorpion 禺 [you see 禸 =hint legs 冂 and the sting 厶], so that it "leaves" us.)
If the water is parting, it is seeping through.  

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