Dong Chinese dictionary

chī, lí

leave

Pictograph of a legendary mountain demon with horns and a tail beween its legs, now written as 魑. The traditional character 離 (leave; depart; away from) was simplified to 离 by deleting the 隹 (bird) component.

Evolution

Bronze script

Late Warring States (~250 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

离

chī

mythical beast (archaic)

离 (離)

lí

leave, depart; go away; separate; to leave; to part from; to be away from; (in giving distances) from; without (sth); independent of; one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[bāguà], symbolizing fire; ☲

离 (離)

Lí

surname Li

Most common words with 离