JLPT N1 · 11 strokes
Kanji 異: "uncommon, different, queerness"
The kanji 異 means "uncommon, different, queerness, strangeness, wonderful, curious". It is written with 11 strokes and belongs to JLPT level N1, read イ in on'yomi and こと, こと.なる, け in kun'yomi.
Stroke order
Strokes are written in the order of the numbers. The order is not decorative: it is what gives the character its balance, and it is also how handwriting search works in Japanese dictionaries.
Readings
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
イ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
ことこと.なるけ
In a kun'yomi reading, the dot separates the kanji from its okurigana: かた.る is read かたる and written 語る. A hyphen marks a bound position, like -び in 日.
At a glance
| Meaning | uncommon, different, queerness, strangeness, wonderful, curious |
|---|---|
| Strokes | 11 |
| JLPT level | N1 |
| Taught in Japan | grade 6 |
| Frequency rank | 631 of 2,501 |
Common words with 異
The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.
- 異常abnormal; unusual; extraordinary; remarkable
- 異なるto differ; to be different; to disagree; to vary
- 異様étrange, insolite, bizarre
- 異変événement anormal, phénomène étrange, anomalie
- 異性the opposite sex · isomerism
- 異論different opinion; objection
- 異世界another world (esp. in fiction); otherworld; parallel universe; different-dimension world
- 異国foreign country
- 異形fantastic; grotesque; strange-looking; suspicious-looking
- 異質different (quality, nature); heterogeneous
- 異議objection; dissent; protest
- 異物foreign substance; foreign body; foreign contamination; foreign material · strange object; unusual object
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