chà chā

to fall short of; wrong; to differ from

HSK 3 #732

Character data

HSK 3
Frequency 732nd character
Radical ⼯ (48.7)
Strokes 9
Index # 1640

Definitions

差 chà
  1. 1. to fall short of
  2. 2. wrong
  3. 3. to differ from
  4. 4. lacking
  5. 5. inferior
  6. 6. Taiwan pr. chā
差 chā
  1. 1. to differ
  2. 2. difference
  3. 3. discrepancy
  4. 4. error
  5. 5. to make a mistake
  6. 6. to err
差 chāi
  1. 1. to send
  2. 2. to commission
  3. 3. messenger
  4. 4. mission

Stroke order

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Words containing 差

Word Meaning
to assign corvée duties (forced labor)
variance (statistics)
diurnal range (temperature, humidity etc)
diurnal range (temperature, humidity etc)
sriracha (loanword)
time difference; jet lag; time lag
(statistics) standard deviation
(statistics) standard deviation
imperial envoy
the precession of the equinoxes
the precession of the equinoxes
there is no difference; it makes no difference
there is no difference; it makes no difference
ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC)
ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC)
difference in temperature
spherical aberration (optics)
not much difference
curious coincidence
parsec (astronomy)
determinant (characteristic of a species)
determinant (characteristic of a species)
arithmetic progression
arithmetic progression
arithmetic series (such as 2+4+6+8+...)