違

Core sense: deviation from a prescribed or expected path (physical, social, or legal).

• Physical divergence: to move in different directions, to pass one another without meeting, or to be apart from.
• Intellectual/social difference: to differ in opinion, to be at odds, or to be estranged.
• Legal/moral violation: to disobey, defy, or breach a law, command, or ritual propriety; failure to follow specific instructions.

• Transitive: takes an object, typically a law, command, or another's will (e.g., 違令 "to violate an order").
• Intransitive/Stative: describes a state of being mismatched, estranged, or in disagreement.

• vs. 離: while both involve separation, 違 often implies a failure to align or a missing of one another.
• vs. 逆 (nì): 逆 typically denotes aggressive or direct opposition; 違 denotes deviation—moving away from the line rather than crashing into it.
• vs. 犯 (fàn): 犯 emphasizes crossing a boundary or committing a crime ("touching" the forbidden); 違 emphasizes the failure to follow the correct route or instruction.

// Tang-period reading: //hiuəi.

• Simplified variant: U+8FDD.