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離

Level III of XX on the frequency path

Frequency rank 354 / 2,608

Detach

On’yomi
り
Kun’yomi
はな
Radical
隹 Short-Tailed Bird (Kangxi 172)

Frequent enough that you will keep running into it once you read past headlines.

More common than 式 (Ritual), less common than 育 (Nurture).

A leader on the left watches a bird on the right fly away -- the leader must detach and let the bird go free.

In words

離す はなす to part,divide,separateN3
離れる はなれる to be separated from,to leave,to go away,to be a long way offN3
離婚 りこん divorceN3

離 is rank 354 of 2,608 in published Japanese.

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