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JLPT N26画 · 6 strokesradical

strange, different, unusual

On'yomi (音読み)

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

  • こと.なる
  • こと.なる
  • 異.に

Meanings across languages

English
strange, different, unusual
Tiếng Việt
khác, lạ, khác thường
日本語
異なる, 異, 異常

Common compounds

  • 異常いじょうabnormal, unusual
  • 異文化いぶんかdifferent culture, cross-cultural
  • 異性いせいopposite sex, different gender
  • 異国いこくforeign country, overseas

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