異

See also: 异, 畀, and 暴

異	U+7570, 異 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7570

← 畯
[U+756F]

CJK Unified Ideographs

畱 →
[U+7571]

異	U+F962, 異 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F962

← 率
[U+F961]

CJK Compatibility Ideographs

北 →
[U+F963]

異	U+2F938, 異 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F938

← 𤲒
[U+2F937]

CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement

𢆟 →
[U+2F939]

Translingual

References

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

Chinese

trad.		異
simp.		异^*
alternative forms		𮲡𠔱𢄖

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 異
Shang	Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Characters in the same phonetic series (異) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
禩	*ljɯʔ
異	*lɯɡs
潩	lɯɡs, lɯɡ
廙	lɯɡs, lɯɡ
趩	*l̥ʰɯɡ
瀷	l̥ʰjɯɡ, lɯɡ
翼	*lɯɡ
熼	*lɯɡ

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.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): yì (yi⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄧˋ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): yi⁴
Cantonese (Jyutping): ji⁶
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): yi

(Meixian, Guangdong): yi⁴
Eastern Min (BUC): ê
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): ī / īⁿ

(Teochew, Peng'im): i⁶
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶yi

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yì
  - Zhuyin: ㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yì
  - Wade–Giles: i⁴
  - Yale: yì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yih
  - Palladius: и (i)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵¹/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: yi⁴
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: i
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /i²¹³/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: ji⁶
  - Yale: yih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ji⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: yi⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː²²/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yi
  - Hakka Romanization System: i
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yi⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /i⁵⁵/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yi
  - Hakka Romanization System: (r)i
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yi⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /(j)i⁵⁵/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: yi⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /i⁵³/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: ê
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɛi²⁴²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ī
  - Tâi-lô: ī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: i
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /i³³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /i⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /i²²/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: īⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: īnn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: vi
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /ĩ³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ĩ²²/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: i⁶
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ĭ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /i³⁵/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶yi
  - MiniDict: yi^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³hhi
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦi²³/

Middle Chinese: yiH

Rime
Character	異
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	羊吏切
Baxter	yiH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/jɨ^H/
Pan Wuyun	/jɨ^H/
Shao Rongfen	/ie^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/jɨ^H/
Li Rong	/iə^H/
Wang Li	/jĭə^H/
Bernard Karlgren	/i^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ji⁶

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*ɢ(r)ək-s/

(Zhengzhang): /*lɯɡs/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	異
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yì
Middle Chinese	‹ yi^H ›
Old Chinese	/*ɢ(r)ək-s/
English	different
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	異
Reading #	1/1
No.	15102
Phonetic component	異
Rime group	代
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	異
Old Chinese	/*lɯɡs/
Notes	金文異象雙手護住頭所頂物爲戴翼初文

Definitions

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

Synonyms

(different): 殊 (shū), 差 (chā)
(unusual): 奇 (qí), 怪 (guài)
(very):

Dialectal synonyms of 很 (“very”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		甚, 孔
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		很, 非常, 十分
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	挺, 很, 倍兒, 怪
	Taiwan	很, 好, 非常, 超, 蠻, 超級
	Malaysia	很
	Singapore	很, 蠻, 非常
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	挺, 很, 傻, 老, 倍兒, 齁兒
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	挺, 楞
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	很
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	很, 好
	Chongqing	很
	Wuhan	蠻, 很
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	蠻, 稀, 很
Jianghuai Mandarin	Hefei	很
Cantonese	Guangzhou	好, 非常之
	Hong Kong	好, 非常, 非常之, 超, 勁, 十分之, 無敵
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	好
	Taishan	好, 十分之
	Yangjiang	好
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	好
	Singapore (Guangfu)	好, 非常之, 非常
Gan	Nanchang	蠻
Hakka	Meixian	好, 刮, 已, 還, 異, 還 exclamation
	Huidong (Daling)	好
	Wuhua (Meilin)	好
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	頂
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	好
	Changting	野
	Wuping (Pingyu)	已, 刮
	Liancheng	樣
	Ninghua	好
	Ruijin	蠻
	Shicheng	蠻
	Shangyou (Shexi)	蠻
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	當, 已, 還
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	蓋, 盡, 還
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	當, 盡, 已, 還
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	當, 已, 還
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	當, 已, 還
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	足, 真, 實在
	Hong Kong	好
	Sabah (Bao'an)	好
	Kuching (Hepo)	很
	Singapore (Dabu)	好
Jin	Taiyuan	很, 挺
Northern Min	Jian'ou	盡
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	野, 真
	Singapore (Fuqing)	真
	Sitiawan (Gutian)	真
Southern Min	Xiamen	真, 野, 誠, 有夠, 萬代, 死人, 非常, 真正, 設汰, 一
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	真
	Quanzhou	真, 野, 誠, 有夠, 萬代, 死人, 設汰
	Jinjiang	野
	Zhangzhou	盡, 蓋, 足, 足範, 有夠, 出奇, 極死, 見死, 死了了, 死人, 設汰, 設汰仔
	Zhao'an	很, 真, 死絕, 好, 非常
	Dongshan	真, 非常
	Taipei	真, 誠
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	真, 誠
	Kaohsiung	有夠, 足, 真, 誠, 蓋
	Yilan	有夠, 足, 誠, 盡
	Changhua (Lukang)	真, 誠
	Taichung	誠, 蓋, 足
	Tainan	有夠, 足, 真, 誠, 蓋
	Hsinchu	真, 誠
	Kinmen	足, 誠
	Penghu (Magong)	真, 誠
	Penang (Hokkien)	真, 誠, 真正
	Singapore (Hokkien)	真, 死爸, 真正, 誠, 足, 有夠
	Manila (Hokkien)	野, 真, 萬代, 真誠, 誠, 有夠
	Chaozhou	過, 好, 非常, 死爸
	Shantou	過, 鐵, 好, 很, 死爸, 死絕
	Shantou (Chenghai)	好, 死絕
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	好, 非常
	Jieyang	過, 好, 死爸, 死絕
	Bangkok (Teochew)	好
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	好
	Singapore (Teochew)	真, 死爸, 非常
	Wenchang	極, 但顧, 真
	Haikou	但顧
	Qionghai	但顧, 真
	Singapore (Hainanese)	但顧, 真
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	好, 蠻
Wu	Shanghai	蠻, 老, 邪氣, 老老, 瞎, 絕, 十分, 十二萬分, 非常, 非常之, 畢, 畢畢, 來得, 來得個, 煞, 交關, 十二分 rare, 窮 dated, 野 dated, 邪 dated
	Suzhou	蠻, 窮
	Hangzhou	蠻, 交關, 木佬佬, 冒
	Ningbo	交關, 蠻, 堪, 𣍐好, 𣍐派, 甮派, 出格, 木牢牢 rare, 猛 rare
	Zhoushan	交關, 蠻, 猛, 堪, 出格, 木牢牢 rare
	Wenzhou	蠻, 蒙, 顯
Xiang	Changsha	很, 蠻
Xiang	Shuangfeng	蠻

Antonyms

同 (tóng, “same”)