異
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yì · different, strange, unusual

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11Total strokes

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Top-bottomCharacter structure

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田Key radical

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Vocabulary in context

Common words with 異

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Example sentences

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Tā shì jiā zú zhōng de yì lèi.他是家族中的異類。

He is the odd one of the family.

Source: Tatoeba #4061611 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Gēn yì xìng jiāo wǎng zuì zhòng yào de bú shì tā yǒu duō hǎo , ér shì tā duì nǐ yǒu duō hǎo.跟異性交往最重要的不是他有多好,而是他對你有多好。

The most important thing about relations with the opposite sex is not how good the other person is, but that they treat you well.

Source: Tatoeba #724321 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Jīn nián de tiān qì yì zhí yì cháng.今年的天氣一直異常。

The weather has been unusual this year.

Source: Tatoeba #907544 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Wǒ hěn yà yì nǐ yuàn yì hé wǒ yì qǐ chī wǔ cān.我很訝異你願意和我一起吃午餐。

I'm surprised you agreed to have lunch with me.

Source: Tatoeba #5500603 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Tā qǔ dé le yōu yì de yīng yǔ chéng jì.她取得了優異的英語成績。

She gets good marks in English.

Source: Tatoeba #804998 · CC BY 2.0 FR
「 qǔ qí zuì jìn xíng wéi guài yì má?」「 tā shì yì zhī māo.」「曲奇最近行為怪異嗎?」「他是一隻貓。」

"Has Cookie been acting weird lately?" "He's a cat."

Source: Tatoeba #13545636 · CC BY 2.0 FR
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How to study 異 in context

  1. Say yì, then recall the core meaning: different, strange, unusual.
  2. Write all 11 strokes while keeping the top-bottom balanced.
  3. Read the complete sentence aloud once, then cover the translation and explain how 異 works in that context.

Definitions and traditional forms are compiled from Make Me a Hanzi, HSK curriculum data, and CC-CEDICT. Sourced example sentences link to Tatoeba; editorial examples are labeled separately. Review data sources and licenses.