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	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.
禺	Scorpion	The scorpion is the insect 虫 with the stinger ム between the long hind legs 冂.
㐫	trash can	At the top a cover 亠 and below "fearful 㐫" which is free interpreted as "trash can".
凶	fierce, fearful	We have marked this container 凵 with a cross 㐅 because it brings bad luck.
禸	track	Etymologically this is derived from a trace, but is seen in the Hanzi-Trainer as the lower part of the scorpion 禺.

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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