Hanja Analyzer
差

差 — cha, chi

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
다를 차, 어긋날 치
Romanization
cha, chi
English
to differ; different, wrong; nearly, almost; an officer
Mandarin
chà
Japanese on'yomi
サ, サイ, シ, セ, タ, シャ
Japanese kun'yomi
さ.す さ.し
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Grade 4
Newspaper frequency
#449 of 2,500
Strokes
9
Radical
工 (48, 7 residual)
Unicode
U+5DEE

How 差 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 差 as a ideographic compound involving 來, 𠂇.

Korean example words with 差

  • 대차大差 Korean gloss: 큰 차이
  • 차첩差帖 Korean gloss: ‘차접’의 원말
  • 쾌차快差 Korean gloss: 병이 깨끗이 나음
  • 개차改差 Korean gloss: 벼슬아치를 갈던 일
  • 교차交差 Korean gloss: 벼슬아치를 번갈아 임명함
  • 등차等差 Korean gloss: 대비 관계에서 나타나는 차이
  • 낙차落差 Korean gloss: 두 가지 일 사이의 시간 차이
  • 차대差代 Korean gloss: 빈자리에 후임자를 뽑아서 채우던 일
  • 격차格差 Korean gloss: 가격이나 자격, 품등 따위의 서로 다른 정도
  • 차감差減 Korean gloss: 비교하여 덜어 냄. 또는 비교하여 줄어든 차이
  • 차이差異 Korean gloss: 서로 같지 아니하고 다름. 또는 그런 정도나 상태
  • 차착差錯 Korean gloss: 어그러져서 순서가 틀리고 앞뒤가 서로 맞지 아니함

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 差

  • 差さ difference; variation; difference
  • 格差かくさ qualitative difference; disparity; gap
  • 差別さべつ distinction; differentiation; discrimination
  • 偏差値へんさち deviation value (usu. scaled to mean of 50, standard deviation of 10, and often used for academic grades); deviation; T-score
  • 差益さえき marginal profits
  • 大差たいさ great difference; big difference; wide margin
  • 差し止めさしとめ prohibition; ban; suspension
  • 交差点こうさてん crossing; intersection
  • 差額さがく balance; difference (in price, cost); margin
  • 落差らくさ difference in elevation (between two points in a body of water); head; drop (e.g. of a waterfall)
  • 無差別むさべつ indiscrimination; without discrimination; indiscriminate
  • 時差じさ time difference

Other hanja read “차”

Other hanja with radical 工

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