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Japanese symbol for “mismatch”

Romaji: fuitchi
discrepancy; discord; disagreement; mismatch

In Japanese, mismatch is , read (fuitchi).

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Meanings

  1. n discrepancy; discord; disagreement; mismatch; dissonance

Kanji and stroke order

negative, non-, bad
on: フ、ブ
4 strokes · JLPT 3
one, one radical (no.1)
on: イチ、イツ
kun: ひと-、ひと.つ
1 strokes · JLPT 4
doth, do, send
on: チ
kun: いた.す
10 strokes · JLPT 1

Other Japanese words for “mismatch”

WordReadingMeaning
ふつりあい futsuriaiimbalance; disproportion; disparity
ふせいごう fuseigouinconsistency; mismatch; nonconformity
ふとつごう futotsugoudiscordance; discrepancy (e.g. statistical); conflict
かけちがい kakechigaidisagreement; conflict; discrepancy

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

WordReadingMeaning
ふめい fumeiunclear; obscure; indistinct
ふあん fuananxiety; uneasiness; worry
ふそく fusokuinsufficiency; deficiency; shortage
ふまん fumandissatisfaction; discontent; displeasure
ふかのう fukanouimpossible
ふしぎ fushigiwonderful; marvelous; strange
いっしょ issho(doing) together
いちばん ichibannumber one; first; first place
いっち itchiagreement; accord; correspondence

Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.