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The kanji 違: meaning, readings and stroke order
違
- Meaning
- differ, violate
- On reading
- イ i
- Kun reading
- ちが（う） chigau、ちが（える） chigaeru、ちが（い） chigai
- Strokes
- 13
- Radical
- 辵 walk
- Level
- Level 7 · junior high school
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- khác, vi phạm (vi)
- Japanese
- ちがう。きまりを まもらない。
- Korean
- 다르다, 어기다 (위)
- Chinese
- 不同、违反 (违)
Readings, words and example sentences
イ i · on reading
違反
breaking (a rule)
それは 規則違反に なります。
That would be against the rules.
ちが（う） chigau · kun reading
違う
to be different, to be wrong
わたしの 答えは 違います。
My answer is different.
ちが（い） chigai · kun reading
違い
difference
二つの 絵の 違いを 説明します。
I explain the differences between the two pictures.
ちが（える） chigaeru · kun reading · less common
違える
to strain (one's neck), to get wrong
ねて いて 首を 違えました。
I hurt my neck while I was sleeping.
Practise writing 違 in the app
In Dino Kids your child writes 違 with a finger and every stroke is checked, then takes the Level 7 practice test. Free, no ads, no in-app purchases.
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.