• 差別さべつ — discrimination
• 差さ — difference, gap
• 時差じさ — time difference
• 交差点こうさてん — intersection
• 差さし出だす — to hand in, to submit
• 格差かくさ — disparity, gap (economic etc.)

差 includes the radical 工 (craft) and 羊 (sheep). Historically, it suggests aligning or distinguishing items by inserting a marker. It now represents the concept of “difference” or “gap.”

二つの国くにの文化ぶんかには 大おおきな差さがあります。
There is a big cultural difference between the two countries.

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

書類しょるいを 差さし出だしてください。
Please submit the documents.

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