Chinese symbol for “depart”
离开
lí kāi
Traditional: 離開
to depart; to leave
The closest CC-CEDICT match for depart is 离开 (lí kāi), defined as: to depart; to leave.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “depart”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 离场 (離場) | lí chǎng | to leave the venue; (of an athlete) to leave the field; (of an investor) to exit the market; (of an aircraft) to depart |
| 走路 | zǒu lù | to walk; to go on foot; to leave; to depart |
| 违别 (違別) | wéi bié | to leave; to depart |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 离开.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 距离 (距離) | jù lí | distance; separation (in space or time); to be ... away from; to be ... from |
| 脱离 (脫離) | tuō lí | to separate oneself from; to break away from |
| 离婚 (離婚) | lí hūn | to divorce |
| 分离 (分離) | fēn lí | to separate |
| 远离 (遠離) | yuǎn lí | to be far from; to keep away from |
| 开始 (開始) | kāi shǐ | to begin; to start; beginning; start |
| 开发 (開發) | kāi fā | to exploit (a resource); to open up (for development); to develop |
| 公开 (公開) | gōng kāi | open; overt; public; to make public; to release |
See also: Japanese symbol for “depart”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.