离

chi̅ = ch + Ø1

mythical beast (archaic)

离

離

lí = li + Ø2

surname Li

离

離

lí = li + Ø2

to leave / to part from / to be away from / (in giving distances) from / without (sth) / independent of / one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing fire / ☲

离 = 亠 + 凶 + 禸 : Mnemonic symbol: from 离心机 or 离心分离机, a centrifuge.

离 = 亠 + 凶 + 禸 : Li Qingzhao is about to leave the space station. As a souvenir she put her beret in the space station's centrifuge and got a demon mask out. Angrily she tramples on the demon mask because what she wanted was a nice and modern hat.

离 character breakdown

离
- 㐫
  - 亠
    - 一
    - 丶
  - 凶
    - 乂
      - 丿
      - ㇏
    - 凵
- 亠
  - 一
  - 丶
- 凶
  - 乂
    - 丿
    - ㇏
  - 凵
- 禸
  - 冂
    - 丨
    - ㇆
      - 一
      - 亅
  - 厶

㐫

xio̅ng = xu + (e)ng1

old variant of 凶[xiong1]

㐫 = 亠 + 凶 : Mnemonic symbol: the Chinese demon 白骨精 (Báigǔjīng), a skeleton demoness. Baigujing (㐫) wants to seduce Xu Xian (xu) in front of the engine ((e)ng1). In order not to reveal her true identity, she hides her skull under a demon mask (凶) and a beret (亠).

亠

tóu = t + ou2

"lid" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 8)

亠 = 丶 + 一 : Mnemonic symbol: 亠 looks like a beret. Tecumseh (t) is killing time in the Outhouse's kitchen (ou2) by playing a game. His goal is to blow a petal leaf (丶) into a beret (亠) by blowing air through a flute (一).

凶

兇

xio̅ng = xu + (e)ng1

terrible / fearful

凶

xio̅ng = xu + (e)ng1

vicious / fierce / ominous / inauspicious / famine / variant of 兇|凶[xiong1]

凶 = 乂 + 凵 : Mnemonic symbol: a vicious (凶) demon mask. Xu Xian (xu) tried out an electric demon mask (凶) in front of the engine ((e)ng1), but now he can't take it off anymore. He already tried to pull the cable out of the receptacle (凵), but it didn't work. Maybe he has more luck using pliers (乂) to pull at the mask.

禸

róu = r + ou2

trample

禸 = 冂 + 厶 : Robinson Crusoe spent the whole day following a map around in the outhouse's kitchen, expecting to find an invaluable treasure. Instead he just found a fake nose, and infuriated, he tramples on this damned map.

Characters with 离 as component

离

離

lí = li + Ø2

to leave / to part from / to be away from / (in giving distances) from / without (sth) / independent of / one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing fire / ☲

离 = 亠 + 凶 + 禸 : Mnemonic symbol: from 离心机 or 离心分离机, a centrifuge.

离

離

lí = li + Ø2

surname Li

璃

瓈

lí = li + Ø2

variant of 璃[li2]

璃 = 王 + 离 : Martin Luther King (王) and Li Qingzhao (li) want to color some glass just inside the space station's entrance (Ø2). They attach their glass plate to the space station's centrifuge (离) and spin-coat the glass surface so that it gets a very nice glaze (璃).

璃

琍

lí = li + Ø2

(phonetic character used in transliteration of foreign names) / Taiwan pr. [li4] / variant of 璃[li2]

璃

lí = li + Ø2

colored glaze / glass

禽

qín = qi + (e)n2

generic term for birds and animals / birds / to capture (old)

禽 = 人 + 离 : The Queen of Hearts (qi) told Neanderthal Man (人) to go on a short spin with her birds (禽), but Neanderthal Man misunderstands and spins the birds in the centrifuge (离) in the encampment's kitchen ((e)n2).

篱

籬

lí = li + Ø2

a fence

漓

灕

lí = li + Ø2

name of a river

漓

灕

lí = li + Ø2

to seep through