noun, adjectival noun or quasi-adjective, noun used as a prefix

Archaism.
  1. difference (from one another), different thing, other.

adjectival noun or quasi-adjective

  1. unusual, extraordinary.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
こと
こと

Contained Kanji Breakdown

uncommon, different, queerness
イ こと け (6th, N1)
rice field, rice paddy
た デン たん (1st, N4)
together, both, neither
とも キョウ (4th, N3)
twenty(廿) variant
eight, eight radical (no. 12)
ハチ や はっ (1st, N5)