差

Alternative forms
Note that the character in simplified Chinese has 9 strokes.

Glyph origin
– to hull wheat by rubbing grains inside hands. Original form of.

or was later added under 𠂇 to form, which is also this character's phonetic component.

Definitions

 * 1) to differ from; to be different; dissimilar; incongruous
 * 2) wrong; incorrect; erroneous
 * 3) inferior; poor; substandard
 * 4) difference; discrepancy
 * 5) mistake; wrongdoing
 * 6)  difference
 * 7) to be short of; to fall short of
 * 8) to owe
 * 9) rather; barely; nearly; almost
 * 10) 11th tetragram of the Taixuanjing; "divergence" (𝌐)
 * 1) to owe
 * 2) rather; barely; nearly; almost
 * 3) 11th tetragram of the Taixuanjing; "divergence" (𝌐)

Synonyms






Definitions

 * 1) to dispatch; to assign; to send on an errand
 * 2) to select; to choose
 * 3)  runner; courier; envoy; messenger
 * 4)  corvée
 * 5) errand; task

Definitions

 * 1) uneven; irregular; rough
 * 2) to distinguish; to grade; to classify
 * 3) grade; rank
 * 4) limit; boundary
 * 1) limit; boundary

Readings
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From native roots:

Compounds

 * 差異
 * 差違
 * 差益
 * 差額
 * 差金
 * 差遣
 * 差損
 * 差等
 * 差動
 * 差配人
 * 差別
 * 脇差

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1)  difference
 * 2)  difference
 * 1)  difference
 * 1)  difference

Etymology 1
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Etymology 2
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