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違

違 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Origin of the character

形声。「辵」+音符「韋」。「たがう」「さからう」を意味する漢語｛違｝を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

difference, differ

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • イJHS
Kun (native)
  • ちが(う)JHS
  • ちが(い)
  • ちが(える)JHS
  • 〜ちが(える)JHS
  • たが(う)
  • たが(える)
Other languages
  • 拼音wei2
  • 한글wi
  • Hán-ViệtVi

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
13 strokes
Radical
辵(しんにょう)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 2
Unicode
U+9055

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): enclosure ⿺辶韋

Words using this kanji

  • 違反いはん（いはん）規則や法令に背くこと。 （いへん）約束を破ること。こころがわり。violation, offense, offence, breach
  • 違いちがいdifference, distinction, discrepancy, mistake
  • 違憲いけん憲法の趣旨に適っていないこと。unconstitutionality
  • 違法いほう法律に背くこと。 法律に背いている。illegal, illicit, unlawful
  • 違和感いわかん何かが違う、という感覚。uncomfortable feeling, feeling out of place, sense of discomfort, malaise
  • 違うちがうto differ (from), to be different, to be distinct, to be unlike
  • 違いないちがいないsure, no mistaking it, for certain, without doubt
  • 違約いやく約束や契約をこと。breach of contract, default
  • 違算いさん計算が違うこと。 目論見が外れること。miscalculation
  • 違式いしき形式、きまりから外れること。 律令制で定める式に違反すること。informality, breach of etiquette
  • 違背いはい規則・法令・命令などに背くこと。違反、背違。violation, transgression
  • 違令いれい（いれい）法律や命令に違反すること。 （いりょう）律令制の令に違反すること。violation of law
  • 違例いれい通常の例と異なること。 通常の状態と異なること。病気。unconventionality
  • 違和いわ心身の不調。 何かがそぐわない事。physical disorder, incongruity, incompatibility, inconsistency
  • 違命いめいdisobedience
  • 違うたがうto differ, to be different, to run counter to, to change (into something out of the ordinary)
  • 違勅いちょくdisobeying the emperor's order
  • 違乱いらん(illegal) riot, tumult, disorder, complaining
  • 違作いさく農作物の収穫量が悪いこと。凶作。smaller harvest than expected, poor crop, bad harvest, crop failure
  • 違変いへんbreaking (a contract, promise, etc.)

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Lookup codes

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1773
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4720