異 U+7570, 異 ← 畯[U+756F] CJK Unified Ideographs 畱 →[U+7571] 異 U+F962, 異 ← 率[U+F961] CJK Compatibility Ideographs 北 →[U+F963] 異 U+2F938, 異 ← 𤲒[U+2F937] CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement 𢆟 →[U+2F939]
異 (Kangxi radical 102, 田+6, 11 strokes, cangjie input 田廿金 (WTC), four-corner 60801, composition ⿱田共)
- Shuowen Jiezi radical №65
- 潩, 熼, 禩, 穓, 趩, 龭 (𩨎), 兾, 䔬, 冀, 糞, 翼, 霬, 廙, 戴, 㔴
- 异 (Simplified Chinese)
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 763, character 18
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 21866
- Dae Jaweon: page 1173, character 5
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2540, character 5
- Unihan data for U+7570
- Unihan data for U+F962
- Unihan data for U+2F938
trad. 異 simp. 异* alternative forms 𮲡𠔱𢄖
Ideogram (指事) – a man with a mask (田) over his face. Possible interpretations:
- Strange, bizarre — “uncommon”.
- Different face — “different”.
Compare 鬼 (“demon”), where the 田 also derives from a face or a mask. Compare also 禺, in which the top component represents either a mask or a monkey’s face.
Alternatively, may be a pictogram (象形) of a person carrying something on his head, the original form of 戴 (“to carry on the head”).
Modern form is graphically 田 + 共, though this is not the etymology.
異
- different; other
- uncommon; unusual; special; strange; surprising
- to distinguish; to separate
- (chemistry) iso- (forms terms relating to isomers)
- (sex) hetero-; straight 異男／异男 ― yìnán ― straight man
- (Hakka) quite; very 異好／异好 [Meixian Hakka] ― yi4 hau3 [Hakka Transliteration Scheme] ― very good
- (different): 殊 (shū), 差 (chā)
- (unusual): 奇 (qí), 怪 (guài)
- (very):
- 同 (tóng, “same”)
- “異”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)[3], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014-
- 郭启熹 [Guo, Qixi], editor (2016), “异”, in 龙岩方言词典 LONGYAN FANGYAN CIDIAN [Dictionary of Longyan dialect] (overall work in Min Nan and Mandarin), Xiamen: 鷺江出版社 [Lujiang Publishing House], →ISBN, page 60.
Shinjitai 異 Kyūjitai[1] 異󠄂異+󠄂?(Hanyo-Denshi)(Moji_Joho) The displayed kanji may be different from the image due to your environment.See here for details.
(Sixth grade kyōiku kanji)
- different, other, hetero-
- uncommon, special
- curious, odd
- Go-on: い (i, Jōyō)
- Kan-on: い (i, Jōyō)
- Kun: こと (koto, 異, Jōyō)、ことなる (kotonaru, 異なる)、あやしい (ayashii, 異しい)、あやしむ (ayashimu, 異しむ)
- Nanori: こと (koto)、より (yori)
Kanji in this term 異 いGrade: 6 on’yomi
From Middle Chinese 異 (MC yiH). Compare modern Mandarin 異 / 异 (yì, /i⁵¹/), Cantonese 異 / 异 (ji6, /jiː²²/).
- (Tokyo) い [íꜜ] (Atamadaka – [1])[2]
- IPA(key): [i]
異(い) • (i)
- (literary) difference
- (Buddhism) change or disease, one of the four states or avasthā
異(い) • (i) -na (adnominal 異(い)な (i na), adverbial 異(い)に (i ni))
- (literary) strange; unusual
異(い) • (i)
- different
- strange; unusual; extraordinary; excellent
- aberrant
- other; another
Kanji in this term 異 ことGrade: 6 kun’yomi Alternative spelling 殊
- IPA(key): [ko̞to̞]
異(こと) • (koto)
- difference; (prefixed to nouns) different; other
- “異”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia][4] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015-2026
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Middle Korean readings, if any”)
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [i]
- Phonetic hangul: [이]
異 (eumhun 다를 이 (dareul i))
- hanja form? of 이 (“different; unusual”)
異 (eum 리 (ri))
- Only used in certain placenames.
The reading 리 (ri) in certain placenames such as 지리산 (智異山, Jirisan) is caused by 활음조 현상 (滑音調 現像, hwareumjo hyeonsang, “euphony”) which altered the original sound from 이 (i) to 리 (ri).[1] This concept (ease of pronunciation) is closely related to the initial sound law 두음 법칙 (頭音法則, dueum beopchik) in South Korea.
- 지리산 (智異山, Jirisan)
異: Hán Việt readings: dị (以(dĩ)智(trí)切(thiết))[1][2][3][4], di[4] 異: Nôm readings: dị[1][2][3][5]
- chữ Hán form of dị (“dissimilar; bizarre; unusual”)
- 異端 (dị đoan)
