This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

Readings

Kana: リ、はな.れる、はな.す
Romaji: ri, hana.reru, hana.su
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

detach, separation, disjoin, digress

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  19
Radical Number:  172
Frequency:  555
Grade:  8
Skip Pattern:  1-11-8
Korean Reading:  ri
Chinese Reading:  li2
Unicode:  96e2
JIS:  4E25

Indexes

Halpern Index: 1836
Nelson Index: 5040
New Nelson Index: 6517
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 8c10.3
Four Corner Index: 0041.4
Guide to Remembering Index: 1897
Gakken Index: 641
Japanese Names Index: 2889
Daikanwanjiten Index: 42140X
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 11.1042
Remembering the kanji Index: 1492
Kanji Flashcards Index: 1887
Kodansha Compact Index: 1857
Kanji in Context Index: 1008
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 1195
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 1663
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 1505
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 1605
Essential Kanji Index: 909
Kodansha Kanji Index: 2364
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 475
Tuttle Kanji Cards Index: 1923

Words

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li (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: fire, south)
離れる (はなれる)
to be separated; to be apart; to be distant; to leave; to go away; to leave (a job, etc.); to quit; to give up; to lose connection with; to drift away from
離脱 (りだつ)
withdrawal; secession; separation; breakaway
長距離 (ちょうきょり)
long distance; long haul
短距離 (たんきょり)
short distance; short range; short-haul
距離 (きょり)
distance; range
分離 (ぶんり)
separation; partition; detachment; segregation; isolation; decollation
離婚 (りこん)
divorce
離陸 (りりく)
takeoff
離す (はなす)
to separate; to part; to divide; to keep apart
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