1. to leave
2. to part from
3. to be away from
4. (in giving distances) from
5. without (sth)
6. independent of
7. one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦 bāguà, symbolizing fire
8. ☲

1. thread
2. string
3. wire
4. line
5. (after a number) tier (unofficial ranking of a Chinese city)

classifiers: 條, 股, 根