Kanji N3

違: difference, differ

違 is a JLPT N3 kanji meaning difference, differ, written with 13 strokes. It is read イ (on) and ちがう, ちがい, ちがえる (kun). It is one of the jōyō kanji taught in secondary school. You will see it in 違反 (いはん, violation) and 違い (ちがい, difference).

違

Meanings

  • difference
  • differ
Strokes13
JLPT levelN3
School gradeSecondary school
Frequency#344 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • イ

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • ちがう
  • ちがい
  • ちがえる
  • -ちがえる
  • たがう
  • たがえる

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

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Common words with 違

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 違反いはん

    violation; offense; offence; breach

    JLPT N3
  • 違いちがい

    difference; distinction; discrepancy

    JLPT N3
  • 間違いまちがい

    mistake; error; blunder

    JLPT N3
  • 違うちがう

    to differ (from); to be different

    JLPT N5
  • 違いないちがいない

    sure; no mistaking it; for certain

    JLPT N3
  • 間違えるまちがえる

    to make a mistake (in); to commit an error

    JLPT N4
  • 相違そうい

    difference; discrepancy; variation

    JLPT N2
  • 行き違いいきちがい

    crossing without meeting (e.g. letters in the post, people on the road)

    JLPT N1

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