异
yì
different
other; hetero-; unusual; strange; surprising; to distinguish; to separate; to discriminate
creature (巳) + two hands (廾) = something set apart as strange
The image is of two hands (廾) lifting or presenting a masked figure (巳, an old form of a face or creature). What is raised and displayed stands apart — marked as other, strange, different.
这两种味道差异很大。
zhè liǎng zhǒng wèi dào chā yì hěn dà。
The difference between these two flavors is very large.
他对这件事感到十分诧异。
tā duì zhè jiàn shì gǎn dào shí fēn chà yì。
He felt very surprised about this matter.
Words with 异
重力异常
zhòng lì yì cháng
gravitational anomaly (geology)
雌雄异色
cí xióng yì sè
sexual coloration
离异
lí yì
to divorce
灵异
líng yì
deity
骇异
hài yì
(literary) astonished; shocked; amazed
惊异
jīng yì
amazed
骨髓增生异常综合征
gǔ suǐ zēng shēng yì cháng zōng hé zhēng
myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS)
党同伐异
dǎng tóng fá yì
to be narrowly partisan
二氯异三聚氰酸钠
èr lǜ yì sān jù qíng suān nà
sodium dichloroisocyanurate
互异
hù yì
differing from one another
亚硝酸异戊酯
yà xiāo suān yì wù zhǐ
amyl nitrite
优异
yōu yì
exceptional; outstandingly good