TSUMUGU · TOCFL 2 (est.) · 字
異
異 ＝ 廾 ＋ 田
ㄧˋ · yì
adj — different, other; strange, unusual
字源 FORM — what the parts do
廾義two hands held up
A figure held up by two hands (廾) — the old graph shows someone lifting a masked shape overhead, set apart from the crowd. From standing apart came the everyday senses: 不同 (different), 奇異 (strange), and the 異國 of foreign lands.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
兩手（廾）把一個面具高高舉起，和旁人都不一樣——異。
Two hands (廾) raise a masked figure high overhead, set apart from everyone — different.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)分、別— to separate, set apart
→不同、差異— different; difference常用
⇒奇異、異常— strange, unusual常用
⇒異國、異鄉— foreign land; another's home
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
共＝ 廿 ＋ gòngthe lookalike — 共 holds one thing together, 異 lifts a figure apart翼yìthe 異 series — feathers 羽 above, wings; 異 the bare lifted shape