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異

Differ
Stroke count: 11

Readings

On readingイ
Kun readingこと.なる、こと
JLPT level: N1JōyōGrade 6Level 33

Verbs with «異»

異なる

Meanings

  1. differ
  2. curious
  3. different
    戦争詠とは異なるThis is different from the senso-ei.wiki
  4. queerness
  5. strangeness
  6. uncommonRtK
  7. unusual
  8. wonderful
  1. difference (of opinion)
  2. strange
  3. odd

Popular Usage

異常異なる異議異見異性異動異論驚異

Radicals and components

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How it's built
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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rice field (田) · brains · strung together · salad · animal legs (儿) · eight (八)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1936

Compound words

異常いじょう
abnormal; unusual; extraordinary; remarkable; uncommon
異なることなる
to differ; to be different; to disagree; to vary; to diverge
異人いじん
foreigner (esp. one of European ancestry); different person
異議いぎ
objection; dissent; protest
異性いせい
the opposite sex; isomerism
異動いどう
(personnel) change; transfer; relocation; reassignment; reshuffle
異論いろん
different opinion; objection
驚異きょうい
wonder; miracle; amazement; prodigy
異国いこく
foreign country
異質いしつ
different (quality, nature); heterogeneous
異状いじょう
something wrong; something unusual; abnormality; disorder; trouble
異色いしょく
unique; distinctive; novel; singular; unusual
異端いたん
heresy; nonconformism; heathenism; paganism
異物いぶつ
foreign substance; foreign body; foreign contamination; foreign material; strange object
異変いへん
unusual event; strange occurrence; strange phenomenon; something abnormal; change (for the worse)
異名いみょう
another name; nickname; alias; synonym
異様いよう
strange; odd; peculiar; weird; bizarre
異例いれい
exceptional; unusual; extraordinary; unprecedented; singular
奇異きい
odd; strange; queer; peculiar
差異さい
difference; disparity; gap
特異とくい
unique; peculiar; singular
異文いぶん
variant (in a manuscript or book); part of a text that differs from other versions
異口同音いくどうおん
(saying) with one voice; unanimously; in chorus; in unison; as one
人事異動じんじいどう
personnel change; personnel shift; reshuffle; (annual) staff reassignment

Additional Examples

モーターから異音がしている。
The motor is making a strange sound.tatoeba
彼は大多数の意見に異議を唱えた。
He dissented from the opinion of the majority.tatoeba
彼は殺人推理小説を異常な程好む。
He has a morbid fondness for murder mysteries.tatoeba
彼は兄さんとは異なる。
He differs from his brother.tatoeba
先天異常標本解析センター
Congenital Anomaly Research Centerwiki
その理由は異常に出産が遅れたことにある。
The reason is that his birth was delayed abnormally.wiki
見た目が異なる。
The latter iwa yamagasa of the Kanda Yamagasa Festival differs in appearance from the former iwa yamagasa.wiki
このように列挙して異議を申し立てた。
Listing these reasons, he objected to Tamekane's appointment.wiki
手一本には、後日異議を唱えないという含意がある。
Teippon has the implication that no subsequent objections will be raised.wiki
- 欲心を持って異性を見ることも、清浄なる菩薩の境地である
Looking at the other sex with desire is a clean mental state of Bosatsu.wiki
- 異性を愛し、かたく抱き合うのも、清浄なる菩薩の境地である
Loving the other sex and embracing each other tightly is a clean mental state of Bosatsu.wiki
8月、六波羅探題北方に異動。
In August, he was appointed as Rokuhara Tandai Kitakata (Northern Chief of Rokuhara Tandai).wiki
6月20日、越後口大参謀に異動。
June 20: Reassigned to Echigo-guchi Senior Staff.wiki
しかし、これには異論もある。
However, there is an opposing opinion.wiki
ただし、この話には異論がある。
In this regard, however, there is another view.wiki

Stroke Order

11 strokes

Differ, unusual. 田 (a mask) + 共 (hands) — a person in a strange mask: unusual. 異常 — abnormal.

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 異

Draw with a guide, then from memory — checked at every step