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13 strokesRadical

4Junior high level13 strokesRadical
On
Kun
ちが(う)・ちが(い)・ちが(える)
Meaning
differ; be wrong; violate

Origin

ORIGIN

辶 "to go" with 韋 "to bend away": to stray from the road one should take — to differ, to violate.

Stroke order

STROKE ORDER

Readings and examples

OFFICIAL READINGS

違反・違法・相違
ちがう違う・違い・間違う
ちがえる違える・見違える・間違える

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

Compounds

COMPOUNDS

  • 違反いはん

    violation

  • 間違いまちがい

    mistake

Example

EXAMPLE

A sentence using this kanji

答えが一つだけ違っていた。

Only one of the answers was wrong.

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