差

音読おんよみ:

訓読くんよみ:

画数かくすう: 10 strokes

部首ぶしゅ: 工(たくみ)

Meaning

Difference / Gap / Variation / Insert

  • 差別さべつ — discrimination
  • 時差じさ — time difference
  • 格差かくさ — disparity (e.g., economic)
  • 誤差ごさ — error; margin of error
  • 差額さがく — price difference; balance
  • す — to submit; to hand in
  • 交差点こうさてん — intersection

+ forms the idea of setting things apart or inserting a marker to distinguish—hence “difference / gap.” It also appears in verbs like す (“to insert / to submit”).

二つのくに文化ぶんかには おおきながあります。
There is a big cultural difference between the two countries.

差別さべつ社会しゃかい問題もんだいです。
Discrimination is a social issue.

書類しょるいしてください。
Please submit the documents.

額
Creates
差額さがく — price difference; balance
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