Kanji N1

異: uncommon, different, queerness

異 is a JLPT N1 kanji meaning uncommon, different, queerness, written with 11 strokes. It is read イ (on) and こと, ことなる, け (kun). Children in Japan learn it in grade 6. You will see it in 異常 (いじょう, abnormal) and 異論 (いろん, different opinion).

異

Meanings

  • uncommon
  • different
  • queerness
  • strangeness
  • wonderful
  • curious
  • unusual
Strokes11
JLPT levelN1
School gradeGrade 6
Frequency#631 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • イ

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

Kun reading
  • こと
  • ことなる
  • け

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

Watch the stroke order

Every stroke in order, the live one in vermilion. Replay as often as you like.

1234567891011

Now draw it

Trace each stroke in order. Wrong direction or wrong order gets flagged right away.

12345678910110 / 11

Your turn: draw stroke 1 of 11. Start at the dot.

Common words with 異

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

  • 異常いじょう

    abnormal; unusual; extraordinary; remarkable

    JLPT N3
  • 異論いろん

    different opinion; objection

    JLPT N1
  • 異議いぎ

    objection; dissent; protest

    JLPT N1
  • 異動いどう

    (personnel) change; transfer; relocation

    JLPT N1
  • 驚異きょうい

    wonder; miracle; amazement; prodigy

    JLPT N1
  • 異性いせい

    the opposite sex

    JLPT N1
  • 差異さい

    difference; disparity; gap

    JLPT N1
  • 異なることなる

    to differ; to be different; to disagree; to vary

    JLPT N3

Learn Japanese with a path that remembers you

Naraio opens soon: one guided path from hiragana to N1, reviews at the right moment, a tutor who listens and kanji checked stroke by stroke. Leave your email and you're among the first in, free to start.

One note now, one email the day we open. Nothing else. Privacy.

Stroke order from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0. Readings, meanings and words from KANJIDIC2 and JMdict, names from JMnedict, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata, CC0; the Spanish meanings they lack, translated by Naraio from their English, are shared under the same licence. Example sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY. Sentences split into words with IPADIC © NAIST and IPA, through Lindera.