to separate oneself from; to break away from; diastasis (medicine); ab
脱 · 11 strokes
Phonosemantic compound. ⺼ represents the meaning and 兑 represents the sound. Simplified form of 脫.
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…