Chinese symbol for “without”
离
lí
Traditional: 離
to leave; to part from; to be away from; (in giving distances) from
The closest CC-CEDICT match for without is 离 (lí), defined as: to leave; to part from; to be away from; (in giving distances) from; without (sth); independent of.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “without”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 未经 (未經) | wèi jīng | not having undergone; without (having gone though a certain process) |
| 不带 (不帶) | bù dài | not to have; without |
| 不加 | bù jiā | without; not |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 离.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 离开 (離開) | lí kāi | to depart; to leave |
| 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 |
See also: Japanese symbol for “without”.
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.