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距離

きょり

distance, interval

Mnemonic

Huge strides on tired feet all afternoon, and the bird that set out with them is somewhere far behind now. The same 離 that kept Hannah away for four years: きょり.

Worth knowing

Distance across space. 間 あいだ is the gap, in time or space or between people.

Built from

distance, spur
足 foot + 巨 huge
separate, leave
隹 a small bird on the right, gone off the branch and leaving the rest behind.

Words sharing these kanji

to be separated, to be apart to separate, to detach

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