違

differ; difference

13 strokes. Jōyō kanji, taught in secondary school. Newspaper frequency rank 344.

Readings

• ちがう (kun reading): 違う (ちがう) to differ (from); 間違う (まちがう) to be mistaken
• ちがい (kun reading): 違い (ちがい) difference; 間違い (まちがい) mistake
• ちがえる (kun reading): 間違える (まちがえる) to make a mistake (in); 間違え (まちがえ) mistake
• イ (on reading): 違反 (いはん) violation; 違和感 (いわかん) uncomfortable feeling
• たがう (kun reading): 仲違い (なかたがい) falling out (with); 寸分違わず (すんぶんたがわず) without the least difference
• たがえる (kun reading): 方違え (かたたがえ) setting off the night before one normally would have departed, travelling in a different direction, spending the night there, and leaving for one's destination in the morning (done to avoid travelling in an unlucky direction; a common practice during the Heian period)

Components

• 韋
• ⻌
• 口 radical mouth
• ⻌ radical movement; road
• 韋 radical tanned leather

Words using 違

• 違う (ちがう) to differ (from)
• 間違う (まちがう) to be mistaken
• すれ違う (すれちがう) to pass (by) each other
• 食い違う (くいちがう) to not match well (e.g. at the seams)
• 行き違う (ゆきちがう) to cross (each other)
• 違い (ちがい) difference
• 間違い (まちがい) mistake
• 勘違い (かんちがい) misunderstanding
• 色違い (いろちがい) variation in color (colour)
• 場違い (ばちがい) out-of-place
• 間違える (まちがえる) to make a mistake (in)
• 間違え (まちがえ) mistake
• 寝違える (ねちがえる) to get a crick in one's neck (while sleeping)
• 違える (ちがえる) to change
• 取り違える (とりちがえる) to mistake one thing for another
• 違反 (いはん) violation
• 違和感 (いわかん) uncomfortable feeling
• 違法 (いほう) illegal
• 相違 (そうい) difference
• 相違点 (そういてん) (points of) difference
• 仲違い (なかたがい) falling out (with)
• 寸分違わず (すんぶんたがわず) without the least difference
• 生酔い本性違わず (なまよいほんしょうたがわず) in wine there is truth
• 方違い (かたたがい) setting off the night before one normally would have departed, travelling in a different direction, spending the night there, and leaving for one's destination in the morning (done to avoid travelling in an unlucky direction; a common practice during the Heian period)
• 寸分違わぬ (すんぶんたがわぬ) exactly the same
• 方違え (かたたがえ) setting off the night before one normally would have departed, travelling in a different direction, spending the night there, and leaving for one's destination in the morning (done to avoid travelling in an unlucky direction; a common practice during the Heian period)
• 方違へ所 (かたたがえどころ) place where one spends the night to avoid travelling in an unlucky direction

228 words in all.

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