異 [异] yì
noun
: different; strange; separate
Kun Reading
け ke
Na-adjective
: unusual; extraordinary
こと koto
Noun | No-adjective
: difference (from one another); different thing; other; (Na-adjective) unusual; extraordinary
ことなる kotonaru
Godan verb with ru ending | intransitive verb
: to differ; to vary; to disagree
On Reading
い i
noun
: difference (of opinion)
異常 yi4chang2: exceptional; anomaly [いじょう ijou]
異鄉[异乡] yi4xiang1: foreign land; a place far from home
異事 yi4shi4: something else; something special; an oddity
異人 yi4ren2: eccentric; unusual person [いじん ijin: foreigner]
異性 yi4 xing4:the opposite sex; heterosexual; different in nature
[いせい isei]
異見 [异见] yi4 jian4: dissident; dissenting; dissent
[いけん iken: different opinion; objection]
異才 yi4 cai2: extraordinary talent [いさい isai: genius; prodigy]
異母 yi4 mu3: (siblings) same father, different mothers [いぼ ibo]
異父 yi4 fu4: (siblings) same mother, different father [いふ ifu]
差異 cha1yi4: difference; discrepancy [さい sai]
驚異[惊异] jing1yi4: amazed [きょうい kyoui: wonder; miracle]
奇異 qi2yi4: fantastic; weird; bizarre; strange [きい kii]
Japanese expression
異口同音 yi4 kou3 tong2 yin1: (to speak) with one voice
[いくどうおん ikudouon: in concert; with one voice; unanimously]
大同小異 da4tong2 xiao3 yi4: virtually the same; differing only on small points
[だいどうしょうい daidou shoui: essentially the same with only minor differences]
Chinese expression/idiom
奇花異草 qi2 hua1 yi4 cao3: very rarely seen: unusual
日新月異 ri4 xin1 yue4 yi4: daily renewal; monthly change: to change or develop everyday (idiom)
会意 Associative Compound.
Person 共 (gong4: together) with a
“scary head” 田 (tian2: field)
簡體 Simplified.
异. Was a historical variant of 異 which has been promoted to be its simplified form.
昨夜隔壁有些異常。
zuo2ye4 ge2bi4 you3xie1 yi4chang2.
There were some anomalies going on next door last night.
Resources: Chinese Dictionary | Japanese Dictionary
