異: Uncommon; Different; QueernessKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- イ
- Kun'yomi
- こと、こと(なる)、け
- Level
- JLPT N1Jōyō, grade 6
- Words
- 331 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (イ)
- 異例いれいexceptional; unusual
- 異常いじょうstrangeness; abnormality
- 異論いろんdifferent opinion; objection
- 異議いぎobjection; dissent
- 特異とくいunique; peculiar
- 異動いどうchange (personnel); transfer
- 異質いしつdifferent (quality, nature); heterogeneous
- 異変いへんunusual event; strange occurrence
- 異色いしょくunique; distinctive
- 驚異きょういwonder; miracle
- 異名いみょうanother name; nickname
- 異様いようbizarre; strange
- 異国いこくforeign country
- 異性いせいthe opposite sex
- 異文いぶんvariant (in a manuscript or book); part of a text that differs from other versions
- 差異さいdifference; disparity
- 異状いじょうsomething wrong; accident
- 異物いぶつforeign substance; foreign body
- 人事異動じんじいどうpersonnel change; personnel shift
- 異端いたんheresy
- 異口同音いくどうおん(saying) with one voice; unanimously
- 奇異きいodd; strange
- 変異へんいvariation; rogue (something)
- 小異しょういminor differences
- 異存いぞんobjection
- 異彩いさいconspicuousness (usu. color); prominence
- 異教徒いきょうとpagan; heretic
- 異母いぼdifferent mother
- 異種いしゅdifferent kind (species, variety); heterologous
- 異臭いしゅうoffensive smell; off-flavor
- 異説いせつdifferent view; alternative theory
- 異邦人いほうじんforeigner
- 異郷いきょうforeign country; foreign land
- 突然変異とつぜんへんいmutation
- インターネット異性紹介事業インターネットいせいしょうかいじぎょうonline dating company; online dating service provider
- シストランス異性シストランスいせいcis-trans isomerism
- フレームシフト突然変異フレームシフトとつぜんへんいframeshift mutation
- 一種異様いっしゅいようeccentric; queer
- 丁度可知差異ちょうどかちさいjust-noticeable difference (psychology); JND
- 三角系異常さんかくけいいじょうtriangle anomaly
- 不純異性交遊ふじゅんいせいこうゆうillicit sexual relationship
- 人為突然変異じんいとつぜんへんいartificial mutation
- 体細胞超変異たいさいぼうちょうへんいsomatic hypermutation; SHM
- 個体変異こたいへんいindividual variation; environmental variation
- 光学異性こうがくいせいoptical isomerism
- 党同伐異とうどうばついnarrow partisanship
- 古異歯類こいしるいPaleoheterodonta (subclass of bivalve molluscs)
- 同名異人どうめいいじんnamesake; person with the same name
- 同工異曲どうこういきょくequal workmanship but different style
- 同床異夢どうしょういむcohabiting but living in different worlds
- 同形同音異義性どうけいどうおんいぎせいhomonymy; homonymity
- 同形異義性どうけいいぎせいhomography
- 同形異義語どうけいいぎごhomograph
- 同形異音語どうけいいおんごheteronym
- 同異どういsimilarities and differences
- 同訓異字どうくんいじdifferent kanji with the same Japanese reading (and usu. a similar meaning)
Words that use a kun'yomi
- によって異なるによってことなるto differ depending on ...
- 異なることなるto differ; to vary
- 事実と異なるじじつとことなるto be factually incorrect; to differ from the actual facts
Other readings
- 天変地異てんぺんちいnatural disaster; cataclysm
Showing the 60 most common of 331 words. See them all in the graph.
Kanji that often appear with 異
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