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違 ちが.う、ちが.い、ちが.える、-ちが.える、たが.う、たが.える 違反(いはん): violation (of law); transgression; infringement; breach違い(ちがい): difference; discrepancy間違い(まちがい): (1) mistake; error; blunder (2) accident; mishap; trouble (3) improper conduct (e.g. between man and woman); indiscretion相違(そうい): difference; discrepancy; variation食違う(くいちがう): to cross each other; to run counter to; to differ; to clash; to go awry違う(ちがう): (1) to differ (from); to vary (2) to not be in the usual condition (3) to not match the correct (answer, etc.) (4) to be different from promised勘違い(かんちがい): misunderstanding; wrong guess間違える(まちがえる): (1) to make a mistake (in); to commit an error (e.g. in calculation) (2) to confuse; to mistake something for something else行き違い(いきちがい): (1) crossing without meeting (e.g. letters in the post, people on the road); going astray (2) difference of opinion; misunderstanding; estrangement; disagreement間違う(まちがう): to make a mistake; to be incorrect; to be mistaken違いない(ちがいない): (phrase) sure; no mistaking it; for certain違える(ちがえる): (1) to change; to alter (2) to mistake; to make a mistake (3) to fail to keep (e.g. one's promise) (4) to dislocate (e.g. one's neck)すれ違い(すれちがい): passing each other; crossing paths without meeting; being at cross purposesすれ違う(すれちがう): to pass by one another; to disagree; to miss each other S 韋: tanned leather radical (no. 178)辶: walk; walking; road radical variant (no. 162) 辵 7 (none) difference An odd version of The Road Less Traveled: "I found a locket in the road, and that has made all the difference.".

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イ difference, differ 3 344 13 162 しんにょう・しんにゅう 形声 Phonetic You lose your precious locket on the road to somewhere. You ask people if they´ve seen it, but no luck. "Just buy another one," someone says. "I mean, what´s the difference?" Then of course you say "Well, it makes a huge difference!! Since it has sentimental value, I don´t want a different one! " Then of course they understand.

Kanji	違
Onyomi	イ
Kunyomi	ちが.う、ちが.い、ちが.える、-ちが.える、たが.う、たが.える
English	difference, differ
Examples	違反(いはん): violation (of law); transgression; infringement; breach 違い(ちがい): difference; discrepancy 間違い(まちがい): (1) mistake; error; blunder (2) accident; mishap; trouble (3) improper conduct (e.g. between man and woman); indiscretion 相違(そうい): difference; discrepancy; variation 食違う(くいちがう): to cross each other; to run counter to; to differ; to clash; to go awry 違う(ちがう): (1) to differ (from); to vary (2) to not be in the usual condition (3) to not match the correct (answer, etc.) (4) to be different from promised 勘違い(かんちがい): misunderstanding; wrong guess 間違える(まちがえる): (1) to make a mistake (in); to commit an error (e.g. in calculation) (2) to confuse; to mistake something for something else 行き違い(いきちがい): (1) crossing without meeting (e.g. letters in the post, people on the road); going astray (2) difference of opinion; misunderstanding; estrangement; disagreement 間違う(まちがう): to make a mistake; to be incorrect; to be mistaken 違いない(ちがいない): (phrase) sure; no mistaking it; for certain 違える(ちがえる): (1) to change; to alter (2) to mistake; to make a mistake (3) to fail to keep (e.g. one's promise) (4) to dislocate (e.g. one's neck) すれ違い(すれちがい): passing each other; crossing paths without meeting; being at cross purposes すれ違う(すれちがう): to pass by one another; to disagree; to miss each other
JLPT Level	3
Jouyou Grade	S
Frequency	344
Components	韋: tanned leather radical (no. 178) 辶: walk; walking; road radical variant (no. 162)
Number of Strokes	13
Kanji Radical	辵
Radical Number	162
Radical Strokes	7
Radical Reading	しんにょう・しんにゅう
Traditional Form	(none)
Classification	形声 Phonetic
Keyword	difference
Koohii Story 1	You lose your precious locket on the road to somewhere. You ask people if they´ve seen it, but no luck. "Just buy another one," someone says. "I mean, what´s the difference?" Then of course you say "Well, it makes a huge difference!! Since it has sentimental value, I don´t want a different one! " Then of course they understand.
Koohii Story 2	An odd version of The Road Less Traveled: "I found a locket in the road, and that has made all the difference.".

E.G Mistake Make Road Differ Difference Cross Misunderstanding