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差

JLPT N3 SL4 10 strokes Frequency: #449

Meanings

Distinction, Difference, Variation, Discrepancy, Margin, Balance

Radicals

工

Decomposition

⿸羊工

Etymology

Ideographic: Work 工 done by a sheep 羊; incompetence

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 10

Stroke Order

1 dot right-to-left

2 diagonal right-to-left

3 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

4 vertical right-to-left

5 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

6 horizontal bottom-to-top

7 diagonal top-right-to-bottom-left

8 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

9 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left

10 horizontal bottom-to-top

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

サ sa

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

さ sa

Words Using This Kanji

354 words total

Other (20 words)

交差点こうさてん

crossing

差し違えるさしちがえる

to misplace

差出人さしだしにん

sender (e.g. of mail)

hindrance

sunlight

index finger

deviation value (usu. scaled to mean of 50, standard deviation of 10, and often used for academic grades)

差遣さけん

dispatch

魔が差すまがさす

to be possessed by an evil spirit

pitcher

to change

stealthy footsteps

addition and deletion

sticky (situation)

oilcan

tidal range

aberration

one dance

loop

provisional seizure

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