Kanji1 / 11
異 kanji
uncommon, different, queerness, strangeness, wonderful, curious, unusual
- JLPT level
- N1 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N3 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 11
- School grade
- Grade 6 (elementary school)
On readings
イ
Kun readings
ことことなるけ
Words with 異
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —異文Popularvariant (in a manuscript or book); part of a text that differs from other versions
- —異口同音Popular(saying) with one voice; unanimously; in chorus; in unison; as one
- —人事異動Popularpersonnel change; personnel shift; reshuffle; (annual) staff reassignment
- —異difference (of opinion); strange; odd; unusual; different
- —異域foreign lands
- —異音allophone; strange noise
- —異化dissimilation; catabolism; dissimilation (phonology); defamiliarization (artistic technique); ostranenie; alienation
- —異義different meaning; different opinion
- —異教paganism; heathenism
- —異郷foreign country; foreign land; strange land; far-off land
- —異形fantastic; grotesque; strange-looking; suspicious-looking
- —異彩conspicuousness (usu. color); prominence; distinctiveness
- —異才genius; prodigy; (person of) great talent; remarkable person
- —異種different kind (species, variety); heterologous; heterogenous
- —異宗different religion or sect
- —異臭offensive smell; bad smell; foul smell; stench
- —異称another name
- —異象vision; strange phenomenon
- —異心treachery; treacherous designs
- —異人foreigner (esp. one of European ancestry); different person