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  1. Na-adjective (keiyodoshi), Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no', Noun

    odd; strange; queer; peculiar

    岩が風化して奇異な形になる。
    The rocks are weathered into fantastic forms.
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Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

strange, strangeness, curiosity

Kun
く.しきあや.しいくしめずら.しい
On
Strokes
8
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N1
Frequency
1367 of 2500
Radical
big
WaniKani
Level 28

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (30)
CodeReference
2-3-5, 3-5-3SKIP code
3d5.17The Kanji Dictionary
4062.1Four corner code
1449deroo
5947Unicode hex code
1-20-81JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1176Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1150New Nelson (John Haig)
2217New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2756Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1409Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1902Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
126Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
133Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1189A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
752Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1048Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
5892Morohashi
1123A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1360Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1444Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1176Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1160Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1292Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
414Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
128Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
qi2, ji1Pinyin reading
giKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
28WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

uncommon, different, queerness, strangeness, wonderful, curious, unusual

Kun
ことこと.なる
On
Strokes
11
Taught
Grade 6
JLPT
N1
Frequency
631 of 2500
Radical
field
WaniKani
Level 33

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (32)
CodeReference
2-5-6, 2-9-2SKIP code
5f6.7The Kanji Dictionary
6080.1Four corner code
3661deroo
7570Unicode hex code
1-16-59JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
3008Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
3757New Nelson (John Haig)
2584New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3195Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1651Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2241Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1797Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1936Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
707A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1497Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
581Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
21854Morohashi
807A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1061Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1106Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
738sakade
746Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
826henshall3
918Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1196Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1342Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1814Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
yi4Pinyin reading
iKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
33WaniKani level