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离 — to leave; to part from

to leave; to part from; to be away from; from; without

Pinyin
lí · chī · Lí
Strokes
10
HSK level
HSK 2
Handwriting
recognition only

This character has more than one reading — lí, chī, Lí — and the pronunciation depends on the word it appears in. The list below gives the syllabus reading for each word.

How to write 离: 10 strokes

Each cell adds one stroke to the previous ones, with the new stroke in red. Stroke order is not decoration: it sets the proportions of the character and makes handwriting legible to a reader. The syllabus asks you to recognise this character rather than write it by hand.

离 — 10 strokes, in writing order from left to right.

Build a printable practice sheet with 离

Words with 离 in the HSK syllabus: 15

Every word in the official 2026 syllabus that contains this character, with the level it is introduced at. Learning a character pays off through these: each one combines with the characters you already know.

  1. 离líto leave; to part from; to be away from; fromHSK 2
  2. 离开líkāito depart; to leaveHSK 3
  3. 距离jùlídistance; to be apart fromHSK 4
  4. 远离yuǎnlíto be far from; to keep away fromHSK 4
  5. 分离fēnlíto separateHSK 5
  6. 离婚líhūnto divorceHSK 5
  7. 离职lízhíto leave one's job temporarilyHSK 5
  8. 悲欢离合bēihuān-líhéjoys and sorrows; partings and reunionsHSK 7–9
  9. 撤离chèlíto withdraw from; to evacuateHSK 7–9
  10. 隔离gélíto separate; to isolateHSK 7–9
  11. 离谱儿lípǔrerhua form of 離譜|离谱[li2 pu3]HSK 7–9
  12. 离奇líqíodd; bizarreHSK 7–9
  13. 偏离piānlíto deviate; to diverge; to wanderHSK 7–9
  14. 脱离tuōlíto separate oneself from; to break away fromHSK 7–9
  15. 形影不离xíngyǐng-bùlíinseparableHSK 7–9

Glosses come from CC-CEDICT, used under CC BY-SA 4.0, and are the dictionary’s first sense rather than a translation chosen for context.