異 — uncommon, different, queerness

い異 uncommon

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U+7570 Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #631 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #1936 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

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Meanings

uncommon
different
queerness
strangeness
wonderful
curious
unusual

Readings

On'yomi: い i
Kun'yomi: こと koto け ke

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い i On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

異(い) i different 異(い) 常(じょう) ijou abnormal 異(い) 議(ぎ) igi objection 異(い) 動(どう) idou personnel change 差(さ) 異(い) sai difference 異(い) 様(よう) iyou bizarre 異(い) 性(せい) isei opposite sex 異(い) 論(ろん) iron objection

こと koto Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

異(こと) なる kotonaru to differ によって異(こと) なる niyottekotonaru to differ depending on ...

Words by frequency and grade

24 words

Each dot is a word containing 異: further left is more common, higher up needs a later school grade (the grade of its hardest kanji). Click a dot to open the word.