The kanji 異: meaning, readings and stroke order

異

Meaning: different, unusual
On reading: イ i
Kun reading: こと koto
Strokes: 11
Radical: 田 field
Level: Level 6 · grade 6

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: khác, lạ (dị)
Japanese: ちがう。ふつうとちがう。
Korean: 다르다 (리·이)
Chinese: 不同、异常 (异)

Readings, words and example sentences

イ i · on reading

異い常じょう
something wrong, not normal
機械に 異い常じょうはありません。
Nothing is wrong with the machine.

こと koto · kun reading

異ことなる
to be different
二人の意見は少し 異ことなります。
The two people's opinions are a little different.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.