乖 — 8 strokes ／ Radical「丿」
道1University / general (hardest) ／ 8 strokes ／ Radical「丿」
- On
- カイ
- Kun
- そむ.く・もとる
- Meaning
- to go against; to diverge
Origin
A pictograph of a ram's horns turning apart: to go against, to diverge.
Stroke order
Compounds
- 乖離かいり
divergence; estrangement
- 乖くそむく
to go against
Example
理想と現実が大きく乖離している。
The ideal and the reality diverge widely.
Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)