异

See also: 異 and 류

异 U+5F02, 异 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5F02 ← 弁 [U+5F01] CJK Unified Ideographs 弃 → [U+5F03]

Translingual

Han character

异 (Kangxi radical 55, 廾+3, 6 strokes, cangjie input 口山廿 (RUT) or 尸山廿 (SUT), four-corner 1744₁, composition ⿱巳廾(G) or ⿱己廾(HTJK))

Derived characters

• 𦚪, 𩐦, 𢼷, 𫷩

References

• KangXi: page 353, character 12
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9591
• Dae Jaweon: page 668, character 13
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 514, character 11
• Unihan data for U+5F02

Chinese

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
巳	*ljɯʔ, *lɯs
祀	*ljɯʔ
汜	*ljɯʔ
戺	*zrɯʔ
起	*kʰɯʔ
熙	*qʰlɯ
媐	*qʰlɯ, *lɯ
圯	*lɯ
异	*lɯ, *lɯs
巸	*lɯ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *lɯ, *lɯs): phonetic 已 (OC *lɯʔ) + semantic 廾.

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of 异 – see 異 (“different; other; uncommon; unusual; special; strange; surprising; etc.”). (This character, 异, is the simplified form of 異.)

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Etymology 2

trad.		异
simp. #		异

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yì (yi⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧˋ

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• 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/

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• Middle Chinese: /jɨ/, /jɨH/

Rime
Character	异	异
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	以 (36)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	之 (19)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	與之切	羊吏切
Baxter	yi	yiH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/jɨ/	/jɨH/
Pan Wuyun	/jɨ/	/jɨH/
Shao Rongfen	/ie/	/ieH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/jɨ/	/jɨH/
Li Rong	/iə/	/iəH/
Wang Li	/jĭə/	/jĭəH/
Bernard Karlgren	/i/	/iH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yí	yì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ji4	ji6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*ɢ(r)ək-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*lɯ/, /*lɯs/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	异
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yì
Middle Chinese	‹ yiH ›
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	异	异
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	12015	12019
Phonetic component	巳	巳
Rime group	之	之
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	飴	異
Old Chinese	/*lɯ/	/*lɯs/

Definitions

异

1. to lift
2. to appoint
3. Alternative form of 異.

Japanese

Kanji

异

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): い (i)
• Kun: あげる (ageru, 异げる)