離
リ, はな.れる, はな.す

detach, separation, disjoin, digress

JLPT1 G7 S19 F555

离 odd beast + 隹# short, squat bird → bird and beast tangling then separating after a protracted fight → *separation* → *part* (from); *come apart*; *release*; *set at intervals*; *leave*; *drift away*; *quit*.

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