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差
chā
1. difference
2. discrepancy
3. to differ
4. error
5. to err
6. to make a mistake
HSK 3 Very Common • Top 1% ✏️ 10 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

差
chà
difference, gap; almost, nearly; in error; an officer
HSK 3 9 丶

Compound Words (20)

美差
měichāi
cushy job
误差
wùchā
difference
HSK 6
等差
děngchā
degree of disparity
级差
jíchā
differential (between grades)
肥差
féichāi
lucrative job
视差
shìchā
parallax
球差
qiúchā
spherical aberration (optics)
种差
zhǒngchā
determinant (characteristic of a species)
差点
chàdiǎn
almost
差额
chāé
balance (financial)
差讹
chāé
error
钦差
qīnchāi
imperial envoy
落差
luòchā
drop in elevation
最差
zuìchā
least
差评
chàpíng
poor evaluation
温差
wēnchā
difference in temperature
相差
xiāngchà
to differ
HSK 6
差距
chājù
disparity
HSK 5
差异
chāyì
difference
差遣
chāiqiǎn
to send (on errand)

Alternate Entries

差
chà
to differ from / to fall short of / lacking / wrong / inferior
HSK 3
差
chāi
to send / to commission / messenger / mission
HSK 3

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
3
Character Frequency Rank
731
Word Frequency Rank
815 of 84,292