离开 — stroke order
Learn how to write 离开 (líkāi), which means “to depart”. It is written with 2 characters and 14 strokes in total. In traditional Chinese it is written 離開. Each character below is animated in the correct Chinese stroke order inside a 米字格 practice grid — tap any character to replay it, or use “Play all strokes” to watch the whole word written in order.
Character by character
| Character | Pinyin | 注音 | Meaning | Strokes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 离 | lí | ㄌㄧˊ | rare beast | 10 |
| 开 | kāi | ㄎㄞ | to open | 4 |