異 — kanji meaning “uncommon”
異
uncommon, different, queerness, strangeness, wonderful, curious, unusual
- Meanings
- uncommon, different, queerness, strangeness, wonderful, curious, unusual
- On'yomi
- イ (i)
- Kun'yomi
- こと、こと.なる、け
- Strokes
- 11
- School grade
- 6
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 2
- Newspaper frequency
- #631 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 102
- Chinese reading
- yì — Chinese character page
Words with 異
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 異常 | いじょう ijou | abnormal; unusual; extraordinary |
| 異性 | いせい isei | the opposite sex |
| 特異 | とくい tokui | unique; peculiar; singular |
| 異動 | いどう idou | (personnel) change; transfer; relocation |
| 異なる | ことなる kotonaru | to differ; to be different; to disagree |
| 異端 | いたん itan | heresy; nonconformism; heathenism |
| 異例 | いれい irei | exceptional; unusual; extraordinary |
| 驚異 | きょうい kyoui | wonder; miracle; amazement |
| 異議 | いぎ igi | objection; dissent; protest |
| 異論 | いろん iron | different opinion; objection |
| 異様 | いよう iyou | strange; odd; peculiar |
| 差異 | さい sai | difference; disparity; gap |
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