Memory phrase for the Kanji: 异


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Meaning

different, other, unusual, separate

Pronunciation

Explanation

(simplified from: ) Top: year of snake 巳 (here: self = Following the winding path I find myself.), bottom: two hands (= twice this hand next to each-other and combined)

Mnemonic

The "self" of my two hands is different.

Radicals

oneself
two handstwice this hand (with the fingers towards the top) side by side & simplified.
extraordinary, strangeThis traditional was simplified to ("yì") and also means: different, other, hetero-
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Vocabulary

 异常  yì cháng  exceptional; abnormal; an anomaly
 奇葩异卉  qí pā yì huì  rare and exotic flora (idiom)
 诛锄异己  zhū chú yì jǐ  to wipe out dissenters; to exterminate those who disagree
 异咯嗪  yì gē qín  isoalloxazine (name of organic chemical)
 甚感诧异  shèn gǎn chà yì  amazed; astonished; deeply troubled
 诧异  chà yì  flabbergasted; astonished
 瑰异  guī yì  marvelous; magnificent
 讶异  yà yì  surprised
 变异  biàn yì  variation
 差异  chā yì  difference; discrepancy
 异戊橡胶  yì wù xiàng jiāo  isoprene rubber
 异戊橡胶  yì wù xiàng jiāo  


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