异 (yì) — different; other; strange; foreign (as in 异国, 异域)
Definition
异 (yì) is a bound form meaning 'different, strange, foreign' — it never stands alone and must attach to another character (as in 异常 'abnormal', 异国 'foreign country', 差异 'difference').
bound form
differentotherstrangeforeign (as in 异国, 异域)
Examples
- 。Zhè zhǒng tiān qì yì cháng hán lěng.This kind of weather is abnormally cold.
- 。Liǎng guó de wén huà chā yì hěn dà.The cultural differences between the two countries are large.
- 。Tā zài yì guó shēng huó le shí nián.He lived in a foreign country for ten years.
Origin
Compound ideograph六书liùshū
会意huìyìTwo or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.
This origin belongs to the traditional form 異; 异 is its simplified writing.
The traditional form 異 depicts a person with a mask 田 over the face, so the face looks different. The simplified 异 is a later shorthand.
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