distance; CL:個|个[ge4]; to be apart from
距 · 11 strokes
Phonosemantic compound. 足 represents the meaning and 巨 represents the sound.
离 · 10 strokes
Simplified form of 離. Depicts a bird (隹) being caught in a bird trap (罕). Based on the original meaning "catch a bird". The meaning later shifted to "reject", "separate", and "leave". The 隹 (bird) com…