Japanese symbol for “unequal”

揃わない

そろわない

Romaji: sorowanai

unequal; uneven; incomplete; odd

In Japanese, unequal is 揃わない, read そろわない (sorowanai).

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Meanings

adj-i unequal; uneven; incomplete; odd

Kanji and stroke order

揃

be complete, uniform, all present

on: セン
kun: そろ.える、そろ.う、そろ.い、き.る

12 strokes

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

Word	Reading	Meaning
揃う	そろう sorou	to be complete; to be all present; to make a full set
揃える	そろえる soroeru	to collect; to gather; to get together
揃え	そろえ soroe	alignment; arrangement
揃い	そろい soroi	set; suit; uniform collection
出揃う	でそろう desorou	to appear all together; to be all present
不揃い	ふぞろい fuzoroi	uneven; irregular; non-uniform

See also: Chinese symbol for “unequal”.

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.