違 differ

Also: wrong

On'yomi: イ
Kun'yomi: ちが-う、ちが-い
Strokes: 13
JLPT: N4
Taught in: Secondary school

In the kun'yomi, the kana after a dash are written after the kanji (okurigana): ちが-う.

Stroke order

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違 is written in 13 strokes. Each panel adds the next one; the dot marks where the brush starts.

Remember it

Two leather (韋) sandals walking off down the road (⻌) in opposite directions — they differ, and one of them is going the wrong way.

A common word

違うちがう to differ

Example sentences

その答えは違います。
そのこたえはちがいます。
That answer is wrong.
二つの絵は色が少し違う。
ふたつのえはいろがすこしちがう。
The two pictures differ slightly in color.

Kanji that share a part

⻌ is its radical. 54 kanji share it in all.

韋 is a component.

偉 admirable N3
衛 defense N1
緯 horizontal N1