違う

Meanings

1. to differ (from); to be different; to be distinct; to be unlike; to vary; to disagree (with)
2. to be wrong; to be incorrect; to be mistaken
3. to become abnormal; to go wrong
4. isn't it?; wasn't it?

Part of speech: godan verb (う), intransitive, expression

Kanji

• 違

  Meanings

  difference, differ

  On reading

  イ

  Kun reading

  ちが.う、ちが.い、ちが.える、-ちが.える、たが.う、たが.える

  Strokes

  13

Example sentences

• その点では私は君と意見が違う。

  I differ from you on that point.

  Tatoeba #207594 · CC BY 2.0 FR

• そんなばかなことを言うなんて彼は気でも違ったのか。

  Is he mad that he should say such a foolish thing?

  Tatoeba #204211 · CC BY 2.0 FR

• 君は違う方にいきますよ。

  You're going the wrong way.

  Tatoeba #223368 · CC BY 2.0 FR